HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Banner Blue Coal Company
Start: 11/19/2018

220183330010 · 11/19/2018 · Banner Blue Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.65 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Metinvest B V
Operator: Banner Blue Coal Company
Mine: 4407318

Narrative

An employee was taking slack out of a chain that was attached to a hook that was welded on a scoop bucket. The chain was ran through a continuous miner head in an effort to pull the head out. While reconnecting the chain to the hook, the miner head shifted causing the chain to catch the employee's left index finger between the hook and the chain resulting in a broken finger.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown