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MACHINERY

220102850008 · 10/06/2010 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
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, Drilling
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.63 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee stated: He was installing 8' bolts for the refuge chamber. He had drilled his first steel and left it in the roof. He put his second steel in the pot. They did not line up. He was pulling on the bottom steel when it slipped, hitting the index finger on his right hand, which was holding the top steel in the roof.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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