HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 02/02/2016

220160350008 · 02/02/2016 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 5.9 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employees were carrying a hydraulic cylinder down the longwall face. They set the cylinder on the pan, the cylinder rolled and started to fall. Employee's hand was pinched causing a laceration to finger. The wound required stitches to close.

Source

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