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MACHINERY

220131300028 · 05/09/2013 · Elk Run Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Conveyor belt
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
ANKLE
Days lost
69
Mine experience
4.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator
Elk Run Coal Company Inc
Mine
4608553

Narrative

Employee was Resetting feeder, while tramming the feeder toward himself, the offside cats slipped off a ledge that was in the in the bottom Approx. 6"" high, causing the feeder to drop suddenly. Employee's leg, from the knee down in up right position was under the tram controls, this compressed his leg causing a fracture to his left Ankle.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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