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MACHINERY

220100430003 · 02/04/2010 · Freedom Energy Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
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
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
0.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Freedom Energy Mining Company
Mine
1507082

Narrative

Member had trammed the roofbolter into #3 left to begin bolting sequence, and as he prepared to get out of the operator's deck a rock , fell onto the ATRS of the bolter, causing the bolter to tilt up in the rear. Member placed his hand on top of the canopy to assist himself out of the deck, and when the bolter tilted up his hand was caught between the canopy and the roof.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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