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MACHINERY

220221170007 · 04/19/2022 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation
Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
MOLTEN METAL
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost
26
Mine experience
2.69 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was cutting a huck bolt on ""A screen side"" sheet with torches. EE was cutting vertically/overhead when hot, melted metal went down EE's right arm sleeve. The melted metal was trapped in EE's sleeve, causing first and second degree burns from EE's elbow to EE's wrist.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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