HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 03/09/2009

220090770038 · 03/09/2009 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 20
Mine experience: 8.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4606448

Narrative

Employee stated while moving safety chain from counter weight structure of U-50 refuse belt he was moving loose end of chain over top of sheeting. Employee stated at this time he believes his small finger tip went thru a hole in the chain link and was struck against sheeting girt or beam at the same location.

Source

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