HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
Start: 11/14/2005

220053320022 · 11/14/2005 · Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Pumper
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 1
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): American Electric Power Company Inc
Operator: Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
Mine: 1601031

Narrative

The injured installed a used battery on a 6"" water pump but did not clean/remove corresion from the battery posts. a co-worker turned the key to start the pump. At that time an arc occurred and the battery top failed and the battery cap and other debris flew up and struck him.

Source

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