Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HELPER WAS SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER AND LET GO OF IT WHEN EE WAS HOLDING THE AUGER INJURING HIS LEFT 4TH FINGER. BREAKING 4TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
Smith MineCoal
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Surface
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Shady Plain, Armstrong County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607862
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Sep 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN REMOVING CONVEYOR FROM THE HIGHWALL, THE CUTTING HEAD PUSHED THE CONVEYOR UP IN THE AIR. EE TRIED TO HOLD THE CONVEYOR DOWN AND HIS LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST ON THE AUGER MACHINE AND THE CONVEYOR CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS HAND.