HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at R .E. Janes Gravel Company
Start: 11/08/2006

220063240099 · 11/08/2006 · R .E. Janes Gravel Company

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 8.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ralph E Janes III
Operator: R .E. Janes Gravel Company
Mine: 4103848

Narrative

EE was realigning elev chain on 623G by placing log between chain & sprkt while engaed to make chain skip tooth. The log rolled across outer housing pulling his hand across surface smashing/severing tip of right ring finger. He rtw w/in 2 days w/restrict due to pain meds. He chose not to take meds and was allowed to operate 623G as long as no meds were taken. EE retrained.

Source

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