HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 12/15/2015

220153500034 · 12/15/2015 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Apprentice, Trainee
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4609163

Narrative

Employee was holding a 20lb sledge hammer against the connecting link of a flight on the conveyor chain (14-15 miner) Co-Worker was striking the ring with a 4lb hammer onto the connecting link when he missed and struck injured on the right ring finger.

Source

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