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POWERED HAULAGE

220003080051 · 10/21/2000 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity
Rerail equipment, Sprag
Injury source
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
TRUNK,NEC
Days lost
—
Mine experience
1.09 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Stillwater Mining Company
Operator
Stillwater Mining Company
Mine
2401490

Narrative

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A CHAIN TO A ORE CAR ON THE RAIL FROM ONE THAT WAS DERAILED.EE HAD SWAMPER BACK TRAIN UP THEN HAD HIM STOP THE TRAIN. ONCE THE TRAIN STOPPED THE EE STEPPED INBETWEEN THE CARS. THE CHAIN WOULD NOT REACH THE CAR, SO EE INSTRUCTED THE SWAMPER TO SIGNAL THE TRAIN BACK, CATCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE CARS.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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