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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220191080012 · 04/09/2019 · Tunnel Ridge, 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
Trackman, Track worker, Track gang
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Tunnel Ridge, LLC
Mine
4608864

Narrative

A trained miner, wearing all PPE, with 1 year experience as a trackman, was replacing a track frog switch on 106 back switch. EE was using a track jack to spread the rail in order to install the frog. When ee hit the frog with the sledge hammer, finger was pinched between the sledge hammer handle and the track jack, causing a 1 inch laceration on right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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