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POWERED HAULAGE

220051380042 · 05/05/2005 · Granite Rock Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
DISLOCATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
6.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Bruce W Woolpert
Operator
Granite Rock Company
Mine
0405164

Narrative

HAULING MATERIAL. WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THE SCRAPER HIT A SOFT SPOT, THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT. EE'S RIGHT THUMB JAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL SPOKE. THIS OCCURRED CLOSE TO THE END OF EE'S SHIFT FOR THE DAY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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