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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220142930002 · 10/09/2014 · Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
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
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
36
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
BHP Billiton
Operator
Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Mine
2902170

Narrative

IE and another EE when putting a spreader bar into a steal set. They had the bar ""or pipe"" between the 2 legs, & when other EE pushed the inby leg out by to put it in place IE's finger was caught between the pipe spreader & the I-beam leg.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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