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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220120720040 · 03/11/2012 · McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.

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
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James River Coal Company
Operator
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
Mine
1510445

Narrative

EE was throwing the flop gate in the prep plant. It became fouled, and he was shaking it with his left hand. When the flop gate freed, it caught his finger against a piece of angle iron, cutting it.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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