HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Start: 02/10/2020

220200500004 · 02/10/2020 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 54
Mine experience: 0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Metinvest B V
Operator: Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4608878

Narrative

Employee was working on a new belt head set-up and as EE climbed on the drive roller to hang a chain the drive roller started to turn. The employee tried to stop the drive roller with EE's legs causing a strain in EE's left knee. Employee is currently off of work and EE's return is unknown.

Source

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