MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Northwestern Resources Company
Start: 08/16/2000

220002360024 · 08/16/2000 · Northwestern Resources Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Fall on save level, NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 12.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Montana Power Company
Operator: Northwestern Resources Company
Mine: 4103164

Narrative

HE & A WITNESS (NWR EMPLOYEE) WERE TAKING IDLERS OUT OF A RACK AND PUTTING THEM ON A TABLE TO REBUILD. A LINK THAT HOLDS THE IDLER CAN TOGETHER BROKE, CAUSING BOTH EMPLOYEES TO FALL BACKWARDS . INJURED TWISTED HIS KNEE AT THE SAME TIME THE HALF OF THE GARLAND HIT THE INSIDE OF THE KNEE HE TWISTED. KNEE IS IMMOBILIZED DUE TO SPRAIN.

Source

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