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MACHINERY

220251740023 · 06/18/2025 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
Activity
Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
13 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was helping another employee install roof bolts with a Cobra drill. EE was pushing a bolt into a newly drilled hole with left hand and a rock fell from the mine roof (approximately 8' high) and struck their right hand, which was grasping the drill, lacerating right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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