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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220190380005 · 01/30/2019 · Buckingham Coal Company,LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
4.35 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The EE was helping put the conveyor chain of a C/M together. EE was hitting a master link pin with a small sledge. When EE hit the pin a small splinter of metal hit EE in the right pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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