HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc
Start: 09/09/2003

220032620048 · 09/09/2003 · Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Wet down working place
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 3.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Western Fuels Association Inc
Operator: Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc
Mine: 4801429

Narrative

WHILE WASHING DOWN THE GALLEYWAY ON CV06 EE SPRAYED A PILE OF COAL WITH A WATER HOSE, AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE SPRAYED A GUST OF WIND CAME UP THE GALLEY. THIS CAUSED COAL TO BE BLOWN INTO HIS EYES. HE FLUSHED THE EYES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING SHIFT EE WAS SEEN BY AN OPTOMETRIST WHO NUMBED THE EYE, REMOVED A SPECK OF COAL DUST, AND GAVE HIM A PRECAUTIONARY ANTIBIOT

Source

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