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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220173120012 · 11/03/2017 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC

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
Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
9.02 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The employee was in the 3A longwall in the process of changing bits on the tailgate drum of the shearer. While the employee and a co-worker were spinning the drum down, the injured employee pinched right ring finger between a newly installed bit and the LW face. The result of this incident was 14 sutures to the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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