HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 04/09/2015

220151060017 · 04/09/2015 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Wireman, Communications man
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4601456

Narrative

Employee stated that while lifting a jack for a wire drill to load it into a rail mounted vehicle the jack dropped causing the jack support to strike the employee on the left jaw chipping a tooth in the right side of his mouth. The tooth was repaired on 4/14/2015.

Source

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