HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Knife River
Start: 09/27/2014

220142790047 · 09/27/2014 · Knife River

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: AIR HOIST
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 16.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MDU Resources Group Inc
Operator: Knife River
Mine: 0405140

Narrative

While performing maintenance on pump 904 employee was assisting with re-attaching the discharge hose to the pump when his right thumb was injured when pinched between the pipe and hoist. Injury consisted of fracture and laceration (2 stitches) to tip of right thumb.

Source

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