HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Elk Run Coal Co.
Start: 09/21/2010

220102700005 · 09/21/2010 · Elk Run Coal Co.

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: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 28
Mine experience: 1.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Co.
Mine: 4607938

Narrative

Employee was attempting to hook up a Highwall miner dolly to a truck. The tongue broke loose, fell to the hitch, causing his right hand to be pinched between the tongue and hitch of the truck. He was admitted to the hospital and on 9/23/2010, surgery was required to amputate his right index finger.

Source

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