HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at MLC
Start: 03/19/2020

220201050011 · 03/19/2020 · MLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Margaret J Heckman
Operator: MLC
Mine: 2300542

Narrative

The injured employee was working on 3/19/20 working to replace a return idler. The return idler became unsecured and fell downward. As it fell the idler struck the injured employee's left wrist between the handrail and the piece of equipment. The injured employee was diagnosed with a fractured left wrist on 4/9/20 with an MRI.

Source

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