HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Start: 06/27/2022

220221790015 · 06/27/2022 · Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC

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: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 10 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
Operator: Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Mine: 2902170

Narrative

Employee was working on replacing a broken fitting on the shear slough plate. When the fitting going to the cylinder was removed, the sloughing plate dropped to the stops on top of the shear and pinned the employee between the shear body and the sloughing plate. Employee quickly got chains connected to sloughing plate to raise slough plate and remove the employee.

Source

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