HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 10/13/2014

220142930023 · 10/13/2014 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 127
Mine experience: 2.33 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4801646

Narrative

Employee was installing a resin tube into a roof bolt hole on the longwall face. He asked another employee to open the drill guide of the pan bolter for him. The injured miner had his hand between the drill guide and frame of machine. He was unable to return to the work place following this injury.

Source

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