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POWERED HAULAGE

220070430048 · 01/31/2007 · Buechel Stone Corp

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
7
Mine experience
1.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Timothy A Buechel
Operator
Buechel Stone Corp
Mine
4702580

Narrative

The lever on the bobcat that is used for locking/unlocking the pin so that the operator can change from bucket to forks was frozen. The employee kept trying to get the lever to move and once it did, the lever pinched his finger between the lever & the carriage. Fracture & complex laceration right middle finger. Off work & sutures.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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