MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Start: 05/17/2016

220161410018 · 05/17/2016 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Drill face, Rib, Side, Down
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: DISLOCATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine: 4609028

Narrative

Employee placed right hand on rib drill steel to retract steel from rib. EE inadvertently started rotation instead of retract operation. Glove caught on steel dislocating little finger of right hand. Dislocated finger was reset and place in splint to immobilize.

Source

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