HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
Start: 03/26/2015

220150910009 · 03/26/2015 · Black Castle Mining Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 10 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
Mine: 4607938

Narrative

Employee was using a come-a-long and the truck's boom to install a new steering cylinder, the come-a-long slipped causing the cylinder to abruptly move forward, smashing employee's left thumb against the frame and steering cylinder of the CAT 992D (fracture and 3 sutures).

Source

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