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MACHINERY

220181290006 · 05/01/2018 · South Fork Coal Co., LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Groundman, Yardman
Activity
Hand tools (powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
290
Mine experience
0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
White Forest Resources, Inc
Operator
South Fork Coal Co., LLC
Mine
3304642

Narrative

Victim is groundman/padman on highwall miner. Was using a hand operated drill with an auger bit. Bit got bound; handle on drill hit the back of employee's hand when it spun around. Two bones fractured by the impact (metacarpal bones leading to the index & middle fingers). Victim was taken to the hospital by the foreman; hand was put in a cast.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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