HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at TM Crushing, LLC
Start: 10/09/2018

220182920010 · 10/09/2018 · TM Crushing, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent): John D Hadfield
Operator: TM Crushing, LLC
Mine: 4202544

Narrative

Miner bypassed the guard to access V belt on the head pulley Motor belt. After checking the tension of the V belt with fingers, the operator in the tower started the belt without sounding the alarm. This resulted in the Miner getting fingers entangled in the belt and pulley. The miner lost the tips of three fingers.

Source

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