HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Northwest Rock Inc
Start: 09/05/2001

220013410034 · 09/05/2001 · Northwest Rock Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): John D Friend
Operator: Northwest Rock Inc
Mine: 4500319

Narrative

PROCESS OF CHANGING AN ATTACHMENT ON A BOBCAT. THE MECHANISM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF A BUILDUP OF DIRT AND DEBRIS. THE HANDLE USED TO RELEASE THE ATTACHMENT DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE SPRING LOADED HANDLE CAME BACK AND JAMMED THE OPERATORS THUMB AGAINST THE BUCKET CAUSING INJURY.

Source

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