HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Start: 10/29/2013

220133260010 · 10/29/2013 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC

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: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: ELBOW
Days lost: 51
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608637

Narrative

Employee stated that he was removing the block from behind the tire on the rock-duster. As the block was removed the duster rolled back and caught his hand between the tire and the block. Employee states that he jerked his hand back and felt pain in his elbow. Medical received on 11/21/13 diagnosed the employee with an elbow strain and the incident became reportable.

Source

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