HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Start: 10/05/2017

220172840009 · 10/05/2017 · Aracoma Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CONTAINERS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 104
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Operator: Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608802

Narrative

While employee was getting two buckets of bits off the continuous miner, the handle of one of the buckets containing the bits broke, causing the bucket to fall and strike the right foot of the employee. Employee was wearing metatarsal boots.

Source

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