HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at The North American Coal Corp
Start: 02/05/2008

220080390028 · 02/05/2008 · The North American Coal Corp

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 87
Mine experience: 2.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent): NACCO Industries Inc
Operator: The North American Coal Corp
Mine: 4102840

Narrative

Two emloyes were manually rotating a light mast in the dark. While rotating the mast one employee had his left hand on the handle and his right hand on the mast in the pinch point, the rotation of the mast severed the tips of his middle and ring fingers on his right hand between the rotating mast and mast support.

Source

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