OTHER

Name: OTHER at BHP Navajo Coal Company
Start: 05/08/2000

220001460020 · 05/08/2000 · BHP Navajo Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: OTHER
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: DUST IN EYES
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 26.59 years

Operator

Controller (parent): BHP Billiton
Operator: BHP Navajo Coal Company
Mine: 2900097

Narrative

WHILE EE WAS STEMMING AND TYING IN DIXON COAL SHOT ON MON MAY 8TH, 2000 DUST PARTICLES BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF EXTREME WINDY CONDITIONS. HE DID NOT REPOR T THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL WED MAY 10, 2000. HE WAS TREATED BY MESA OCCUPATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

Source

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