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MACHINERY

220221540006 · 05/26/2022 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.46 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was installing an outside roof bolt off the Twin Boom Roof Bolter. Employee had just began to drill the hole when a piece of roof material fell through the wire roof mesh and struck their right hand against the machine. Employee received a laceration requiring one suture and a fracture to the tip of their right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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