MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
Start: 07/27/2007

220072130026 · 07/27/2007 · Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Tramming
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 84
Mine experience: 2.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Hugh E Harvey
Operator: Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
Mine: 2900170

Narrative

The production crew was using the roof bolter to pull the miner cable back. The employee activated the tram control in the wrong direction causing the roof bolter to twist. He caught his right leg against the transformer resulting in non-displaced fracture of the tibia.

Source

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