HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Walling Sand & Gravel Company
Start: 02/18/2000

220000540014 · 02/18/2000 · Walling Sand & Gravel Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 4.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Jerry H Walling
Operator: Walling Sand & Gravel Company
Mine: 3502464

Narrative

EE WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK A CHAIN FROM THE ROLLS ROCK BOX. CHAIN WAS IN A BIND. HE LOWERED BOOM ON THE LOADER FOR SLACK. BOOM WAS RESTING ON THE BOX. HE JERKED THE CHAIN, THE BOOM SLIPPED OFF TH E BOX AND WHIPPED THE SLACK OUT OF THE CHAIN. HIHIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BY THE CHAIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. FINGER TIP REQUIRED

Source

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