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MACHINERY

220251820007 · 06/23/2025 · Frontier Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Grinding
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James C Justice III
Operator
Frontier Coal Company
Mine
4609474

Narrative

While using a drill with a wire wheel, EE was cleaning off a flanged surface. Unknowingly EE left a thin metal shim on one of the surfaces. When the wire wheel made contact with the shim. It spun it around at high speed resulting in cuts to EE's right hand.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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