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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220101650063 · 06/06/2010 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity
Change house, Bathing
Injury source
CONTAINERS,NEC
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4608384

Narrative

While changing clothes, EE set down for 2 or 3 minutes talking to the guys when a clothes basket fell from the top of the bathhouse onto his head creating a 1"" cut. He refused an ambulance and drove to the doctor where he received two stitches. He returned to work on his next shift.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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