MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Marfork Coal Company
Start: 07/17/2025

220252020007 · 07/17/2025 · Marfork Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: ROOF (ROCK) BOLTS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 60
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Operator: Marfork Coal Company
Mine: 4609212

Narrative

Employee bent a roof bolt to get it installed in the roof. As the employee was bending the bolt back to get it aligned with the drill chuck EE's rescuer hit the rotation lever resulting in EE's right hand getting caught in the bolt.

Source

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