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POWERED HAULAGE

220012190010 · 07/19/2001 · Cargill Salt

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
ARM,NEC
Days lost
73
Mine experience
8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cargill Inc
Operator
Cargill Salt
Mine
3301994

Narrative

21 MILL CONVEYOR STOPPED WHEN SPILLAGE WAS CARRIED ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE BELT, TO THE TAIL PULLEY UNTIL THE PULLEY WAS CHOKED WITH SALT. THIS WOULD HAVE PUT TENSION ON THE TOP BELT. WITH P OWER LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT AND GUARDS REMOVED, EMPLOYEE WAS INVESTIGATING THE TAIL PULLEY WHEN THE TENSION RELEASED, AND RETURN SIDE OF BELT TRAVELED INTO PULLEY, PULLING LEFT ARM BETWEEN BEL

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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