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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220083440003 · 12/05/2008 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson
Operator
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine
1103162

Narrative

Employee was helping put up Heintzman beams. They had put a safety chain around the beam and the boom of the Bobcat, when one of the men pushed too hard, causing the beam to come off of the boom of the Bobcat. The employee tried to keep it from falling on another employee. When he tried to catch the beam, it smashed his lower right arm between the boom and the beam.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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