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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220220180025 · 01/04/2022 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD 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
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
23
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The employee was moving an approximately 65 lb. transfer pump, that was placed on a wooden pallet. The pallet was placed on the forks of a forklift. While stopped, the pump shifted, slipped off of the pallet and onto the forks, smashing the employee's right middle finger between the pump and one of the forks. Injury was not due to a training or compliance issue.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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