HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Start: 07/24/2014

220142160029 · 07/24/2014 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 1.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608637

Narrative

Employee stated that he was helping change the tire on the roof bolt machine. As the tire was removed, his left ring finger was caught between the rim of the tire and the hub of the roof bolt machine. This resulted in a fracture of the distal tuft of the left fourth digit.

Source

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