HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Start: 11/17/2008

220083300036 · 11/17/2008 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 17
Mine experience: 7.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine: 4609028

Narrative

Person was attempting to lower fire valve installed in belt entry. The pipe the valve was attached to broke and when doing so struck the person in the head. The result of this was a ruptured ear drum, laceration to the head and fracture of the orbital bones around the right eye.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown