HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Whitaker Construction
Start: 10/04/2019

220192880004 · 10/04/2019 · Whitaker Construction

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Richard K Whitaker; Mike Whitaker
Operator: Whitaker Construction
Mine: 4202425

Narrative

Employee was attempting to remove a screen deck that was jammed. When EE pulled on it and it came free, EE's right hand was caught between the screen and a brace. This resulted in a laceration and hairline fracture to EE's right pinky knuckle. The employee was wearing gloves. In the future the screen will be cleaned and free to remove and impact gloves will be worn.

Source

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