HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 12/22/2014

220143570037 · 12/22/2014 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: KNIFE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.63 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4800677

Narrative

The employee opened a 5 gallon bucket of Foray fire extinguisher chemical with a box cutter knife. The bucket turned and so did the knife causing the knife blade to lacerate his left ring finger. Six sutures were used to repair the wound.

Source

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