HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)
Start: 07/20/2004

220042110013 · 07/20/2004 · O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Oglebay Norton Company
Operator: O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)
Mine: 4400049

Narrative

POWER CREWS WERE CALLED TO REPLACE A GSCS BLOWN TRANSFORMER. CREW MEMBER & MINE EE PROCEEDED TO OPEN A 12KV AIR SWITCH LOCATED APPROX. 7'FROM THE GROUND. A 9'LADDER WAS POSITIONED UNDER SWITCH HELD IN PLACE BY THE MINE EE. CREW MEMBER OPENED THE SWITCH & WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT A HOLDING PIN WHEN THE HANDLE SWUNG UPWARD STRIKING HIM UNDER THE CHIN.

Source

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