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POWERED HAULAGE

220000460021 · 02/05/2000 · Baxter County Road & Bridge Department

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Baxter County-AR
Operator
Baxter County Road & Bridge Department
Mine
0301240

Narrative

EE WAS SECURING A SIGN POST WITH HIS HANDS WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER BUCKET TO DRIVE THE POST INTO THE GROUND WHEN THE POST SLIPPED AWAY FROM UNDERNEATH THE BUCKET FORCIBLY STR IKING HIS THUMB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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