Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The EE was using a chain ratchet to pull bracket back in place. The ratchet chain slipped causing material to hit the side of the injured employee's face and eye.
Pete's Branch Surface MineCoal
REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC · Surface
Controlled by David Michael Jamison; Petri E Koivula
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4607695
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- Feb 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2012 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
removing brush from the coal haulage road @ curve 10,pulled a muscle in rib area of the body