HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Blaschak Anthracite Corporation
Start: 07/09/2026

220261950022 · 07/09/2026 · Blaschak Anthracite Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 38 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blaschak Holding Corp
Operator: Blaschak Anthracite Corporation
Mine: 3608780

Narrative

While changing the trip rope on 7450 dragline, employee was feeding the end of the cable back into the block when EE lost grip causing it to swing back at EE and strike EE just above EE's left eye at EE's eyebrow. EE received a laceration and required 3 stitches.

Source

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