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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220093270018 · 11/13/2009 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Mine
4609213

Narrative

Employee was adjusting the leveling rods on the left drill pot of the roof bolting machine. He was using channel locks to turn the adjustment mechanism on the rod and had his left hand resting on the drill boom. The drill boom dropped and his left little finger was pinched between the rod and boom frame.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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