HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC
Start: 07/29/2017

220172150005 · 07/29/2017 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 5.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC
Mine: 3610045

Narrative

The employee was bolting on the intake side of the continuous miner, while retrieving a roof strap from the strap rack on the miner EE got EE's left hand caught between an upright standard on the strap rack and an upright standard on the bolt rack causing a laceration/avulsion to the back of EE's hand. The injury required 12 sutures to repair.

Source

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