HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Cumberland Coal Resources LP
Start: 01/09/2016

220160150011 · 01/09/2016 · Cumberland Coal Resources LP

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FACE,NEC
Days lost: 222
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Cumberland Coal Resources LP
Mine: 3605018

Narrative

The employee was struck in the right cheek with a metal wedge from a wedge socket that was being used to pull belt onto belt structure. The wedge socket connection failed causing the wedge to fly thru the air and struck the injured causing a laceration and broken orbital bone.

Source

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