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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220111440023 · 05/11/2011 · Highland Mining Company 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
Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.46 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Stated: Employee was helping take down the rod used to hang a roll of belt for a belt extension. As another employee took the nut off the end of the rod to remove the collar used to hang the bar, EE had his hand on the belt core. When the end of the rod fell, his finger was mashed between the belt core and the collar on the other end of the rod.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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