HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Start: 12/01/2003

220033440006 · 12/01/2003 · 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: —
Activity: —
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS REPLACING THE PARKING BRAKE PADS ON EQUIPMENT. THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED & PLACED ON A WORK TABLE TO REMOVE THE PADS. EE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CAGING STUD WAS ALMOST OUT (UNSCREWED) OF THE PISTON, ONLY 2 THREADS HELD THE STUD IN THE PISTON. EE COULD NOT SEE THE PISTON MOVING BACK AS IT SHOULD. AS A RESULT, HE PLACED HIS LTINDEX FINGER INSIDE. PISTON CLAMPED CLOSED.

Source

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