HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
Start: 07/13/2022

220221990008 · 07/13/2022 · Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost: 229
Mine experience: 0.35 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
Mine: 0503672

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING REPOSITION THE BELT TENSIONER STATIONARY ROLLER ASSEMBLY AFTER IT BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING BEAMS. THE ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN STOOD UP AND CREW WAS GETTING READY TO REPOSITION ROPES TO MOVE ASSEMBLY FINAL POSITION. EES WERE BELIVED TO HAVE WENT IN TO MOVE ROPES WHEN THE ASSEMBLY FELL OVER STRIKING THEM.

Source

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