FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Name: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS at Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Start: 02/25/2008

220080580012 · 02/25/2008 · Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Unknown
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent): BHP Billiton
Operator: Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Mine: 2902170

Narrative

Employee was struck by a miner cable that had fallen from its trolley on the employee's right hand. Employee was taken to Reliance Medical and x-ray indicated a fracture to the right index finger. The digit was splinted and employee was released to full duty.

Source

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