HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at American Energy Corporation
Start: 10/02/2013

220132830150 · 10/02/2013 · American Energy Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: American Energy Corporation
Mine: 3301070

Narrative

Employee was using a pick hammer to pound on his drill chuck to free up stuck drill steel on his roof bolter when a piece of metal broke off striking him in the forehead. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, mining equipment/systems was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

Source

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