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POWERED HAULAGE

220022350001 · 08/13/2002 · Roberts Sand Company LLLP

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
3
Mine experience
1.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Michael W Roberts
Operator
Roberts Sand Company LLLP
Mine
0800721

Narrative

VICTIM STUCK HIS HAND IN A CONFINED AREA TO RELEASE A CHAIN THAT HAD HUNG ON A MOTOR FRAME. OPERATOR OF FRONT END LOADER SAID HE MADE THE SUDDEN MOVE WITHOUT SIGNALING HIM. BY THE TIME THE OPE RATOR SAW HIM MAKE THIS SUDDEN MOVE THE CHAIN HAD BECOME TIGHT AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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