HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Start: 12/22/2018

220183620015 · 12/22/2018 · Blue Creek Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator: Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Mine: 4609297

Narrative

Employee stated that they were installing a new tail piece directly under #2 Mains Head. The crew had accomplished that task and was in the process of pulling the belt back together. In the process of pulling the belt back together a bolt head broke off of a roof bolt striking the employee in the top of the head. The employee received 4 stitches.

Source

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