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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220032400023 · 08/15/2003 · Maple Creek Mining Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
49
Mine experience
26 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
Maple Creek Mining Incorporated
Mine
3608375

Narrative

EE AND 2 OTHERS WERE RAISING AND POSITIONING A STEEL BANK BOARD AT A NEW BELT TRANSFER INSTALATION USING 3 COME-ALONGS. ONE SET OF COME-ALONGS WAS DISCONNECTED TO READJUST THE HOOKUP; A SECOND SET SLIPPED OFF THE BANK BOARD, ALLOWING THE BANK BOARD TO TILT AND FALL. THE BANK BOARD PINNED THE INJURED EE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR BELT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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