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MACHINERY

220132250031 · 08/09/2013 · Hopkins County Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Hopkins County Coal LLC
Mine
1518826

Narrative

Employee was setting up to put up first pin, when he raised his canopy the collar for the second stage of the jack went up & it caught his pinner steel raising it up and putting it in a bind. When the employee grabbed it it sprung loose catching his finger between steel and pin tray. Causing a laceration to his left middle finger, requiring 5 stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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