HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Start: 02/19/2004

220040560023 · 02/19/2004 · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation

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: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Maxxam Inc
Operator: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Mine: 1600352

Narrative

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE MOUNTING AN INVERTER IN AN ENCLOSURE ON THE #1 PDS RECIRCULATION PUMP. THEY WERE USING A LIFTING DEVICE AND HAD THE TOP 2 MOUNTING HOLES OF THE INVERTER THROUGH THE MOUNTI NG BOLTS. THE MOUNTING BOLTS BENT CAUSING THE DRIVE TO SLIP AND PINCH INJURED'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE INVERTER AND THE ENCLOSURE.

Source

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