HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bandmill Coal, LLC
Start: 06/19/2014

220141750028 · 06/19/2014 · Bandmill Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: DUST IN EYES
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 8
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Bandmill Coal, LLC
Mine: 4605086

Narrative

Employee was lying on a creeper while spraying belt structure with a water hose. The high pressure stream hit a bottom roller causing the stream to bounce back and hit him in the face, allowing material into his eye.

Source

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