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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220160150006 · 01/06/2016 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Metinvest B V
Operator
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine
4608878

Narrative

Employee was located near the bottom of the Service Hoist on the motor side of the Service Hoist. EE and another employee were hooking up a draw bar to the locomotive and EE got EE's left thumb caught in the coupler of the draw head. Minor fracture to EE's left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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