HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc
Employee grabbed the trip cable and pulled down to relieve the tension on the compound arm, the compound arm came down rolling the tear drop forward. Trip cable became free, pulling the excess slack into the shive. Employee was unable to let go of the trip cable soon enough to avoid his fingers being pulled into the shive of the tear drop.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration