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STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

220151260020 · 04/28/2015 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type
Struck against stationary object
Occupation
Belt cleaner, Picker
Activity
Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source
KNIFE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
0
Mine experience
3.5 years

Operator

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

Narrative

A fully trained employee was cutting up old belt to remove from the beltline at mainline 15 #3 x-cut. The employee bent belt backward to make a cut and when he put pressure on his knee he had placed his knee on an old razor blade on the ground resulting in stitches in his knee.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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