HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 06/04/2002

220021690042 · 06/04/2002 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 18 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4800677

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE CONNECTOR LINK ON THE BOOM ENS OF THE BUCKET CYLINDER ON 757 PAGE DRAGLINE. WHILE ATTMEPTING TO GUIDE THE CONNECTOR LINK AND CYLINDER AS IT WAS LOWE RED INTO THE BOOM CHANNEL, THE CONNECTOR LINK ROTATED AND SMASHED THE EE'S LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST A FITTING ON THE CYLINDER. CAUSED LEFT RING FINGER TO BE LACERATED.

Source

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