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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220123000030 · 10/22/2012 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Discontinued 1/31/2014. Several other codes cover Scoop Car Operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
1
Mine experience
3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4608384

Narrative

Employee was loading track rails from the old works and loading them on a rail car. They had a couple rails on the rail car that needed adjusted to lay right in the rail car. Employee grabbed the rails to move them, he grabbed the bottom rail to slide it down when the top rail rolled over pinching his left middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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