HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Energy West Mining Company
Start: 05/10/2013

220131340029 · 05/10/2013 · Energy West Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was in the process of replacing a top belt roller. As the roller was being slide into place it came in contact with a metal shim that flipped up and pinched his left little finger between the shim and the roller frame causing a tip fracture and a laceration that required stitches.

Source

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