HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at mine
Start: 03/14/2005

220050800092 · 03/14/2005 · —

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 17.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): —
Operator: —
Mine: 4103660

Narrative

EE was helping other employees change out tracks on backhoe. The track link was positioned on top of drive sprocket and the link pin was driven out with hydraulic hammer.The link was raised with a 3 ft pry bar. The pry bar slipped alowing link segment to fall on ee's left middle finger mashing off the tip finger breaking off tip of finger bone.

Source

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