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MACHINERY

220112790024 · 09/21/2011 · KenAmerican Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
KenAmerican Resources Inc
Mine
1517741

Narrative

Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was kneeling on some rock his knee slipped and as he reached to catch himself with his left hand he hit the boom lift lever and as the boom lifted, his right hand was on the boom and his index finger was mashed between a bolt on the boom and the boom itself. He received 6 sutures.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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