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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220183610008 · 12/18/2018 · Alpine Silica, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Welder (non-shop)
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
131
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Wilks Brothers LLC
Operator
Alpine Silica, LLC
Mine
4105309

Narrative

Conveyor belt shifted causing overloads to trip. Maintenance discovered the take ups had failed. They were trying to remove them to do repairs when the load shifted catching the miner's arm.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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