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MACHINERY

220192820020 · 10/05/2019 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
14
Mine experience
2.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Wolverine Fuels LLC
Operator
Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Mine
4200089

Narrative

Repairing feeder breaker on surface. EE needed to remove pin to adjust bracket on hydraulic jack mounted to tracks. The pin in bracket was bound up. When EE air-arced through pin, EE thought that the jack and tracks would drop to ground. However, the tracks came up when the pin was cut. A different bracket on tracks struck EE in welding hood causing lacerations to forehead.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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