HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 06/20/2003

220031770002 · 06/20/2003 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FACE,NEC
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608402

Narrative

EE WAS USING A BUMPER TYPE JACK TO SET SECTION TAIL PIECE. WHILE JACKING UP THE TAIL PIECE, THE HANDLE ON THE JACK DID NOT LATCH, THE JACK WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND THE HANDLE OF THE JACK STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE.

Source

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