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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220153160005 · 11/09/2015 · Wilson Creek Energy, 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
Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
Operator
Wilson Creek Energy, LLC
Mine
4003353

Narrative

Employee was helping change a cutter chain on the highwall miner. Employee was using a pry bar to line up the holes in the chain for the pin to be installed when his pry bar slipped and he smashed his finger between the pry bar and the shear arm. The employee received several stitches as a result of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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