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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220111120026 · 04/13/2011 · The American Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
6
Mine experience
3.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
The American Coal Company
Mine
1103232

Narrative

Employee was helping to remove a fluid coupler on a belt drive. When the coupler came loose, it fell on the belt with a small piece of steel sticking out, pinching employee's thumb between the coupler and the end of the metal strip. Lost time injury

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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