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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220171800030 · 06/26/2017 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Groundman, Yardman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost
0
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Tunnel Ridge, LLC
Mine
4608864

Narrative

Employee was off loading used belt rollers from a supply car into the bucket of an end loader. The end loader bucket contained some loose trash. One of the rollers contacted a 4' mine bolt in the bucket causing it to spring upward striking the employee in the upper lip, lacerating the lip and chipping a tooth.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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