HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at El Segundo Coal Company, LLC
Start: 07/19/2017

220172120030 · 07/19/2017 · El Segundo Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 7.44 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: El Segundo Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 2902257

Narrative

IE was attempting to put a dragline tooth in place. IE dropped the tooth and it struck an adapter on the ground. The energy from the two pieces of metal striking each other resulted in a sliver of metal striking the IE in the right shin. Metal was removed by a doctor.

Source

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