HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 08/10/2011

220112290043 · 08/10/2011 · Elk Run Coal 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: Electrician, Lineman
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: 0
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4609163

Narrative

Electrician was installing a speed reducer on #10 belthead. To see if the reducer mounting holes were aligned, he put his rt index finger in the bolt holes. Was cleaning rockdust out of the holes. Another worker decided to shift the reducer with a slate bar and in so doing he lacerated the finger. He was taken to CAMC and received sutures. He RTW on his next shift.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown