HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 09/12/2006

220062650008 · 09/12/2006 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Cross over (conveyor)
Injury source: KNIFE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4801646

Narrative

Employee was crossing a locked out belt conveyor and caught cap lamp and pouch on a 4"" pipe and cause the handle end of a utility knife to hit him in the lower left rib. The incident caused a fractured rib.

Source

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