MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 10/18/2013

220132970013 · 10/18/2013 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: 1058
Mine experience: 6.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4801646

Narrative

Employee was on the longwall face where the shearer was cleaning up the tailgate area. As the shearer was leaving tailgate area towards the headgate a 4"" line was struck by shearer and the 4"" line pinched employee against a shield.

Source

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