HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at McElroy Coal Company
Start: 04/08/2015

220151030023 · 04/08/2015 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 37
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was completing training as a center bolter helper 20 16' bolts had been installed. The operator had drilled 15' in this hole as EE dropped the mast the injured said raise the mast back up. When the mast was raised his pinky finger and ring finger got caught between the drill steel and mast.

Source

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