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POWERED HAULAGE

220000460015 · 02/03/2000 · Yager Materials LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Blaster, Shooter, Shotfirer, Explosive worker, Powder gang/monkey
Activity
Hand load, Hand shoveling
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
1
Mine experience
11 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Pat A Yager
Operator
Yager Materials LLC
Mine
1500081

Narrative

CONVEYOR BELTS WERE FROZEN TO GROUND. EMPLOYEES WERE CHIPPING AND DIGGING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM UNDER BELTS. OPERATOR HAD STOPPED BELT WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM TAIL PULL EY, OPERATOR WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND STARTED BELT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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