MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Start: 04/25/2022

220221170002 · 04/25/2022 · Aracoma Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 128
Mine experience: 0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Operator: Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4609575

Narrative

Employee was Fast Feeding the drill pot back down to put in EE's two piece drill steel and EE inadvertently got EE's left leg/knee too close to the drill pot and it struck EE in the knee while EE was bringing the drill pot back towards the ground causing a fracture to the tibial bone

Source

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