HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.
Start: 03/13/2015

220150820023 · 03/13/2015 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.
Mine: 4407129

Narrative

Bates Contractor: During an attempted retrieval of an immobilized continuous miner, a 2"" connecting clevis pin broke away from the two bars it was attached to and the pin passed through the protective wrapping and struck the Bates Contractor in the chest. He was approx. 25' away in the intersection out by.

Source

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