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POWERED HAULAGE

220030210150 · 01/13/2003 · Wright Materials Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
118
Mine experience
27.48 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Ruth G Wright
Operator
Wright Materials Inc
Mine
4101174

Narrative

EE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR. WE WERE ADJUSTING ROLLERS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST PUT A NEW CONVEYOR BELT ON. EE SAW SOME MUD ON THE BOARD ROLLER ON THE TENSIONER & HE REACHED INSIDE THE GUARD TO CLEAN IT & THE BELT GRABBED HIS ARM & PULLED IT BETWEEN THE ROLLER & THE BELT. I HAD JUST TAKEN THE LOCK-0UT OFF SO WE COULD TURN THE BELT ON TO ADJUST ROLLERS.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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