HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Start: 01/18/2003

220030240037 · 01/18/2003 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company

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: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BARRELS,KEGS,DRUMS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 3.4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): NACCO Industries Inc
Operator: Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Mine: 2200690

Narrative

TWO WORKERS WERE MOVING A 55 GAL BARREL OR GRREASE INTO POSITION AT THE PUMPING STATION ON DRAGLINE 101. THEY WERE MOVING THE BARREL BY ROLLING IT ON ITS EDGE. AS THEY REACHED THE FINAL POSITI ON WHERE THE BARREL IS STORED, COWORKER LET GO OF THE BARREL BEFORE INJURED WAS PREPARED TO MOVE FROM HARM'S WAY AS THE BARREL RIGHTED ITSELF AGAINST THE BULK TANK WALL. HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FING

Source

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