HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Spartan Mining Company, LLC
Start: 07/24/2012

220122080004 · 07/24/2012 · Spartan Mining Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 232
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Spartan Mining Company, LLC
Mine: 4608808

Narrative

The employee was helping pull rail out of a cross cut into the track entry, the crew was using a manbus to pull the rail, the pull rope that was being used to pull the rail broke causing the rail to swing and hit the employee in both legs.

Source

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