HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mammoth Coal
Start: 04/13/2017

220171140002 · 04/13/2017 · Mammoth Coal

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: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Operator: Mammoth Coal
Mine: 4603317

Narrative

Employee was installing grizzly bar on the down river crusher. EE picked the bar up with an electrical hoist. When putting the bar into place the EE pinched right thumb between the grizzly bar and the frame of the crusher. This caused the thumb to burst open and caused a laceration that required 8 sutures.

Source

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