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MACHINERY

220070080006 · 01/03/2007 · Wyo-Ben, Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Drill operator
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
8
Mine experience
7.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
David Brown
Operator
Wyo-Ben, Inc
Mine
4800974

Narrative

Employees sweatshirt strings became entangled in the drill auger. Employee was spun around the auger 3 times before the assistant was able to shut the auger down. Employee has 5 broken ribs on the right side. Fractured right shoulder. Lacerated Liver. Fractured vertabrae #8 thoracic. Employee is in ICU at Deaconess Hospital in Billings, MT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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