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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220212040024 · 07/17/2021 · ICG Tygart Valley

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
9 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Arch Resources Inc
Operator
ICG Tygart Valley
Mine
4609192

Narrative

Employee was changing a planetary on a C/M. While the planetary and arm were being worked back and forth in an effort to remove it from beside the machine: the employee's thumb was smashed between the frame and planetary. This resulted in a laceration and a fracture to the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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