HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Highland Mining Company LLC
Start: 08/09/2009

220092230045 · 08/09/2009 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Discontinued 1/31/2014. Several other codes cover Scoop Car Operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 9
Mine experience: 6.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine: 1502709

Narrative

Employee Reported: He and 3 co-workers were assembling steel arches. When placing the arch across a conveyor belt, the victim's right middle finger was caught between the arch and the steel belt frame. The extent of injury was an amputation of the tip of the finger.

Source

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