HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
Start: 02/10/2002

220020500090 · 02/10/2002 · Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6.96 years

Operator

Controller (parent): American Electric Power Company Inc
Operator: Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
Mine: 1601031

Narrative

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACEMENT OF A LOWER FAIRLEAD SHEAVE. AS THE SHEAVE WAS HOISTED INTO PLACE IT BACAME BOUND UP AND AS THE LIFTING DEVICE WAS REPOSITIONED, THE SHEAVE MOV ED UNEXPECTEDLY PINCHING THE VICTIMS RT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE SHEAVE AND FAIRLEAD FRAME. THE EMPLOYEES INJURY WAS A FRACTURE OF BONE, LACERATION AND CRUSHING WOUNDS TO THE RIGHT RING FINGER

Source

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