MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Start: 12/15/2014

220143510016 · 12/15/2014 · Aracoma Coal Company, 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: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 42
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608801

Narrative

Bolting in #3entry, had drilled 3'of a 6' hole, he inserted the sectional steel into the hole and was aligning it with the bolt wrench, he bumped the rotation while having his hand on the drill steel to assist in aligning the drill steel with the bolt wrench, this rotation grabbed the kevlar sleeve twisting his forearm around the drill steel causing fractures to his forearm.

Source

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