HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at North Fork Coal Corporation
Start: 02/05/2014

220140420046 · 02/05/2014 · North Fork Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: North Fork Coal Corporation
Mine: 1518732

Narrative

Employee was using 3/4 drive ratchet with 18"" of extension to loosen the bolts of a shuttle car trunnion. As employee used his weight for leverage the bolt loosened and he fell forward and struck a fender resulting in a broken tooth.

Source

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