HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 03/06/2013

220130700012 · 03/06/2013 · Jim Walter Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 68
Mine experience: 1.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Walter Energy Incorporated
Operator: Jim Walter Resources Inc
Mine: 0101401

Narrative

Employee had thrown the track switch when the switch point rail and straight rail became bounded against bottom part of rails. The employee placed his left hand on the switch point rail to pick it up and the rail suddenly moved pinching the middle fingers of the left hand between the two track rails causing fracture to fingers.

Source

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