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POWERED HAULAGE

220002010039 · 06/30/2000 · J A Materials

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Janet Andrews
Operator
J A Materials
Mine
0202669

Narrative

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON LARGE PULLEY ON VIBRATING GRIZZLEY. PULLEY IS ON SHAFT WITH COUNTERWEIGHTS. HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE BELTS & AS HE RELEASED THE PULLEY, THE COUNTERWEIGHTS STOPPED THE PULLE Y IN IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION. HIS LEFT HAND WAS STILL ON THE V BELT. THE BELT PULLED HIS FINGERSINTO THE PULLEY ON ELECTRIC MOTOR. THE EDGE OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER & RING FINGER WERE SEVERED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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