POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Blue Mountain Minerals
Start: 04/23/2001

220011200099 · 04/23/2001 · Blue Mountain Minerals

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Chute, Pull or free
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Days lost: 82
Mine experience: 1.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Portola Minerals Company
Operator: Blue Mountain Minerals
Mine: 0404716

Narrative

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR CHUTE WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN OR LOCKING OUT THE CONVEYOR BELT. GUARD WAS NOT A BOLT DOWN TYPE, BUT RESTED IN GROOVES. A BELT WIPER WAS ATTACHED TO THE GUARD. THE WIPER ON TH E UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP BELT WAS PULLED INTO THE HEAD PULLEY & SLAMMED THE GUARD INTO THE WORKER,PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE GUARD & THE HAND RAIL. INTERNAL INJURIES; ESTIMATED 5-6 WEEKS LOST TIME

Source

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