HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Emerald Coal Resources LP
Start: 02/28/2009

220090680069 · 02/28/2009 · Emerald Coal Resources LP

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BLOCKING
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 30.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Foundation Coal Corporation
Operator: Emerald Coal Resources LP
Mine: 3605466

Narrative

While blocking the trammable tailpiece, the stab jack slipped off the rail and his left forefinger was caught between the frame of the belt tail and a crib block causing a fracture to the tip of his left forefinger and a laceration requiring 4 sutures.

Source

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