HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
Start: 02/09/2015

220150430027 · 02/09/2015 · Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FACE,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
Mine: 0503672

Narrative

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO UP-RIGHT AND ALIGN THE BALDERSON ATTACHMENT WITH THE FORKS ON A SCOOP. HE PRIED DOWN ON THE BAR, UP-RIGHTING THE ATTACHMENT. ONCE UP-RIGHTED, THE ATTACHMENT TIPPED FORWARD CAUSING THE PRY BAR TO STRIKE THE FRAME OF THE FORKS. THE PRY BAR RAPIDLY SPRANG UPWARD, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

Source

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