HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Start: 02/04/2013

220130360023 · 02/04/2013 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

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: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Set, Remove, Relocate props
Injury source: POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.63 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine: 4609028

Narrative

Two employees were installing supplemental roof support, and when one of the employees moved a post to reposition it to be cut to length, the other employee tried to help, and got his hand caught between the end of the post and the coal rib, causing injury to his fingers.

Source

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