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MACHINERY

220182880022 · 10/11/2018 · The Western Kentucky Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.33 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Western Kentucky Consolidated Resources, LLC
Operator
The Western Kentucky Coal Company
Mine
1519535

Narrative

The employee was bolting, had a bottom steel hung in the roof. The employee had 1' wrench in the drill pot and was raising it up to connect it with the steel, and caught left hand between the two, causing a laceration requiring sutures

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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