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MACHINERY

220191230018 · 04/24/2019 · Paramont Contura, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
125
Mine experience
3.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Operator
Paramont Contura, LLC
Mine
4407223

Narrative

Employee was retrieving steel out of a cable bolt hole when the steel hung up in the hole. While trying to retrieve the hung steel from the hole, the employee came in contact with the drill steel connection and became entangled in the steel while it was rotating which resulted in the amputation of left arm below the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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