HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Columbia Quarry Company
Start: 02/09/2000

220000450061 · 02/09/2000 · Columbia Quarry Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 15.32 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Clyde D Trexler
Operator: Columbia Quarry Company
Mine: 1100038

Narrative

EE PERFORMED GENERAL CLEAN UP DUTIES IN THE PULVERIZER UNTIL 1:00 PM. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN ON THE DRIVE SPROCKET ON THE #3 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY JUMPED OUT OF THE SPROCKET TEETH, CAUSING THE CONVEYOR, & SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENTIRE SECONDARY PLANT, TO STOP OPERATING. TO REPAIR, IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE A CHAIN LINK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.THE CHAIN UNDER TENSION HIT EE

Source

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