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POWERED HAULAGE

220111740018 · 05/30/2011 · Yellow Bush Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Load-haul-dump (UG)
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Coal Field Transports, Inc.
Operator
Yellow Bush Mining, LLC
Mine
3304595

Narrative

Employee placed his left hand on the outside of the canopy of the scoop that he was operating. The scoop went into a mud hole and slid into a rut smashing his left hand between rib and scoop canopy. After surgery, Dr. said that he would lose 1/2 of his left ring finger and tip of his middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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