HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Energy West Mining Company
Start: 08/23/2012

220122440044 · 08/23/2012 · Energy West Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Idle
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 82
Mine experience: 12.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
Operator: Energy West Mining Company
Mine: 4200121

Narrative

Employee was in the process of rock dusting a belt line. The duster stop for a minute so he sat on a water line that was held up by chains attached to a rib bolt plate. The plate that the water line was hooked to broke and the water line fell landing on his ankle causing a fracture to his lower leg.

Source

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