HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Western Coal Company
Start: 02/28/2012

220120690030 · 02/28/2012 · Peabody Western Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: WRENCH
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 54
Mine experience: 36.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Western Coal Company
Mine: 0201195

Narrative

The injured right index finger was pinched between a pipe wrench and the hoist brake shoe of a dragline. An impact wrench was activated from the opposite side to rotate the adjustment bar of the brakes, when the injured' s hand was jerked free pinching his index finger.

Source

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