HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at PCS Phosphate Company Inc
Start: 08/15/2013

220132280038 · 08/15/2013 · PCS Phosphate Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 15.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Potash Corp Of Saskatchewan
Operator: PCS Phosphate Company Inc
Mine: 3100212

Narrative

Prestrip operators were assisting shift maintenance in the installation of a roller on the 239 conveyor belt. Employees were working on each side of the belt. As employees on one side of the roller positioned it into place the other end of the roller moved and pinched employee's left ring finger between the roller and the mounting bracket.

Source

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