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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220182250011 · 08/08/2018 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Metinvest B V
Operator
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine
4608878

Narrative

Employee was removing the rub rail on the miner with a slate bar when the slate bar slipped smashing the employee's right pointer finger between the slate bar and the frame of the miner. Employee was taken to the hospital where they received stitches in the finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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