HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC
Start: 03/15/2012

220120860026 · 03/15/2012 · Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CHISEL
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 11
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee states he was in the process of pulling the bit sleeve off a miner. The sleeve was tight on the miner, so employee used the end of a chisel to shim the ram, in order to push the sleeve out. As he removed his hand from the chisel, the chisel shot out and punctured employee's right hand.

Source

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