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MACHINERY

220192030021 · 07/15/2019 · Gibson County Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
63
Mine experience
0.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Gibson County Coal, LLC
Mine
1202388

Narrative

Employee was sliding a piece of T3 channel across the booms of the roof bolter. Employee's partner retracted boom to install 2nd bolt and the boom pushed the channel that the employee was holding into the rib which smashed the injured employee's right index finger in between the rib and the channel causing a fracture of right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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