HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Emerald Processing, LLC.
Start: 01/16/2014

220140270028 · 01/16/2014 · Emerald Processing, LLC.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Emerald Processing, LLC.
Mine: 4609258

Narrative

The employee stated that he was attempting to push a rock into the throat of a CM and as the back of the rock tipped into the throat it caused the end the employees hand was on to tip up towards the mine roof. The tip of the employees right ring finger was caught between the mine roof and the rock. The employee received a fracture to the tip of his ring finger and five sutures.

Source

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