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MACHINERY

220112800022 · 09/27/2011 · Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
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
Machine maintenance
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
25
Mine experience
2.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC
Mine
0503836

Narrative

Employee states he was trying to unclog the hopper on a duster. As he reached inside the auger housing, a co-worker activated the hydraulic control, causing IE's middle finger to get caught by the auger. EE sustained a fracture and finger-tip avulsion of the middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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