HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Start: 01/26/2016

220160280022 · 01/26/2016 · Aracoma Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4609361

Narrative

Employee was moving shuttle car anchor and was letting down the slack that was hung by a rope hanger, the end of the rope hanger hook swung up hitting employee on the nose and when employee jerked head back the hook caught on the inside of nose resulting in 5 stitches, employee returned to work the next scheduled shift.

Source

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