HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Start: 12/14/2011

220113550045 · 12/14/2011 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 1.48 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine: 4609028

Narrative

Employee was building a crib for roof support using 30-inch crib blocks and was using a pick hammer to pull cribs towards him. When doing so the pick hammer glanced off one of the cribs and struck the employee in the lower leg causing injury.

Source

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