POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Midwest Minerals LLC
Start: 02/18/2005

220050600019 · 02/18/2005 · Midwest Minerals LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation: Superintendent
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 15
Mine experience: 5.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent): George E Nettels
Operator: Midwest Minerals LLC
Mine: 1401464

Narrative

EE was using a 3 pound hammer to try & free a stuck troughing roller on a belt conveyor. The conveyor was running at the time. The conveyor belt grabbed the hammer and pulled his arm into the head pulley, causing his right arm to be severed.

Source

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