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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220121370028 · 05/11/2012 · River View Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
River View Coal LLC
Mine
1519374

Narrative

Employee was going to separate the metal band that was holding roof bolt plates inside the plate container. As he swung the hammer with his right hand to hit the band, he missed the band and hit his left thumb with the claw end of the hammer which fractured his thumb.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown