HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.
Start: 06/25/2019

220191890011 · 06/25/2019 · McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Greaser, Grease man, Oiler, Lube man, Dragline oiler
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: KNIFE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Quest Energy Corporation
Operator: McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.
Mine: 1519313

Narrative

Helping the Electrician prepare a cable to re-enter into an entrance gland for a cutter motor on the continuous miner machine, the knife EE was using slipped out of the cable in a forceful motion cutting EE's right leg requiring sutures.

Source

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