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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220110550012 · 02/22/2011 · River View Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
River View Coal LLC
Mine
1519374

Narrative

Employee was trying to connect sectional pinner steels. The top steel was stuck in the starter hole. He pulled on it hard to free it and when it came loose it came down pinching his left hand between the thumb and index finger. There was a laceration requiring sutures.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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