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MACHINERY

220211650050 · 06/10/2021 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source
ROOF (ROCK) BOLTS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
109
Mine experience
6.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
Operator
Prairie State Generating Company LLC
Mine
1103193

Narrative

Employee was in the process of installing a roof bolt. The roof bolt did not seat right in the drill chuck, while they had their hand on the roof bolt they activated the drill rotation to set the bolt in the chuck. The rotation of the bolt grabbed a glove and torqued their hand fracturing the left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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