HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Peabody Western Coal Company
Start: 06/28/2013

220131890035 · 06/28/2013 · Peabody Western Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 55
Mine experience: 36.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Western Coal Company
Mine: 0201195

Narrative

The Prep-laborer reached with his right hand to remove a steel choker while a splice house was lowered onto a lowboy trailer. The cross brace of the splice house and surface of the trailer pinched his right mid-finger. The finger sustained an avulsion requiring sutures to close the wound.

Source

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