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MACHINERY

220150970028 · 04/02/2015 · McElroy Coal Company

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
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
41
Mine experience
0.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
McElroy Coal Company
Mine
4601437

Narrative

While putting in a second drill steel the employee pressed the wrong lever and the stack steel did not meet. The steel then hit the roof bent the steel pushing the drill pot against the frame of the miner pinching his left hand.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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