HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Tunnel Ridge, LLC
Start: 08/30/2020

220202470017 · 08/30/2020 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FACE,NEC
Days lost: 126
Mine experience: 0.81 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Tunnel Ridge, LLC
Mine: 4608864

Narrative

Employee was helping pull 1.5"" high pressure hose slack when a valve, that was part of the hose being pulled back, was inadvertently opened. This caused the hose to ""whip"", striking the employee and knocking EE face first into a pile of stage loader chain.

Source

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