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MACHINERY

220161650026 · 06/06/2016 · Bridger Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.62 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was filling a rock dust hopper on a roof bolting machine. As employee was filling the bopper, the machine trammed on uneven mine floor and pinched employee's foot between machine frame and mine floor. Employee was been placed on restricted duty with a fractured bone in foot.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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