HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 09/30/2013

220132830212 · 09/30/2013 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: THIGH/FEMUR
Days lost: 24
Mine experience: 4.67 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202295

Narrative

The IE was changing bits on the continuous miner, and as he was attempting to remove the bit with a hammer a small piece of metal broke off the shoulder of the bit, and struck the employee in the right leg and embedded into the quadricep muscle.

Source

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