HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Taiga Mining Company, Inc.
Start: 06/06/2017

220171640020 · 06/06/2017 · Taiga Mining Company, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 86
Mine experience: 0.56 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Jerome Birch
Operator: Taiga Mining Company, Inc.
Mine: 5001603

Narrative

While hooking up a rigging chain to a steel plate that was being prepared to be moved, the employee yanked on the chain to remove the slack, which caused the plate to fall from a leaning vertical position and hit the outer surface of employees left leg knocking ee to the ground.

Source

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