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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220112090039 · 07/22/2011 · White Buck Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
32
Mine experience
0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator
White Buck Coal Company
Mine
4608365

Narrative

Unloading rails from car, rails become lodged on end of car, used chain hoist and clevis attached to a roof plate, eye in roof plate broke causing rails to fall, one of the rails hit employee on top of foot resulting in a fracture to right foot.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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