MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 05/23/2014

220141490012 · 05/23/2014 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: ROOF (ROCK) BOLTS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 39
Mine experience: 0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4601456

Narrative

Employee stated that while roof bolting on the left side of the Sandvik continuous miner on the 9 Right section the roof bolt that he was inserting into the hole started to bend. Employee then attempted to grab the roof bolt and caught his left hand between the roof bolt and the mast of the bolter causing a laceration and a fracture to his left forth finger.

Source

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