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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220240020006 · 12/22/2023 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.13 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was using a sledgehammer to knock down a block wall. Several blocks were already out of the wall. They swung the sledge at the wall and missed. The momentum of the swing caused their left hand to be pinched between the sledgehammer handle and a concrete block, causing a laceration.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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