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POWERED HAULAGE

220160610001 · 02/18/2016 · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity
Fork lift
Injury source
FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
ARM,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Panadero Aggregates Holdings, LLC
Operator
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC
Mine
1800009

Narrative

After installing new forks, EE used forklift to facilitate loading of damaged forks into service truck. As EE slid and shimmed the second fork into the truck, a fork on the forklift shifted, allowing the heel of the damaged fork to drop in between the forks on the forklift. As it dropped, a bur on the damaged fork caught sleeve of EE pulling arm into the crush point between forks.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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