MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at The Western Kentucky Coal Company
Start: 07/19/2019

220192180007 · 07/19/2019 · The Western Kentucky Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 15
Mine experience: 0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Western Kentucky Consolidated Resources, LLC
Operator: The Western Kentucky Coal Company
Mine: 1519535

Narrative

The employee was raising the drill pot to the roof EE was attempting to put the drill steel in the pot, the steel got caught on the chuck, when it went into the chuck it had too much up pressure the steel caught EE's glove and struck EE's hand. The employee did not start missing work until 8-3-2019.

Source

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