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POWERED HAULAGE

220141260022 · 04/29/2014 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Motorman, Motor person, Swamper, Switchman, Locomotive operator
Activity
Couple or uncouple mine car
Injury source
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
10
Mine experience
8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine
4609028

Narrative

Employee reached in between a locomotive and a rail mounted supply car to align the couplings and got pinched between the locomotive and a pallet of concrete blocks that were sticking over the end of the supply car. As a result of such, the employee incurred two broken ribs.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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