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POWERED HAULAGE

220181710002 · 06/14/2018 · Buckingham Coal Company,LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Scoop tram operator, Load/Haul/Dump operator
Activity
Load-haul-dump (UG)
Injury source
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Buckingham Coal Company,LLC
Mine
3304526

Narrative

An employee was tramming a scoop loaded with supplies to load a roof bolter. As the employee trammed around the corner of the crosscut, EE grabbed the scoop canopy to pull self up and reposition self. The employee scrapped EE's finger between the scoop canopy and the coal rib, lacerating EE's finger. The employee received 7 sutures.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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