MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Highland Mining Company LLC
Start: 08/14/2010

220102360033 · 08/14/2010 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
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: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 17
Mine experience: 2.94 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was installing roof bolts in the #7 entry of unit #4. As he was raising the boom, he lost his balance. He placed his left hand on the boom to steady himself and continued the upward movement with the boom. His ring finger of his left hand was caught between a bolt head used to adjust the canopy post and the boom, slicing the fingernail off the top of the finger.

Source

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