HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Gibson County Coal, LLC
Start: 02/16/2016

220160550008 · 02/16/2016 · Gibson County Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Gibson County Coal, LLC
Mine: 1202388

Narrative

The employee was inserting second drill steel while roof bolting. The employee cross threaded the steel in the chuck. While trying to correct the issue tension built up on the steels and contacted left hand. The steels caused a laceration through metacarpal gloves. Sutures were required to close the wound.

Source

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