HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Start: 08/29/2021

220212530020 · 08/29/2021 · Blue Creek Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 71
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
Operator: Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Mine: 4609297

Narrative

The employee was using a 4 pound sledge hammer to drive a boom pin out of a continuous miner, the miner removed glasses after they fogged up and begin to drive the pin out when a piece of metal came off the pin and embedded into right eye.

Source

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