HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Excel Mining
Start: 04/22/2025

220251220016 · 04/22/2025 · Excel Mining

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 114
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Excel Mining
Mine: 1519838

Narrative

Employee was helping remove a flight from a miner chain. Employee was over the chain. Another employee was using a hammer to drive the pin out. A piece of metal broke off the pin, went under the safety glasses and embedded in the Employee's eye.

Source

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