HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Start: 08/01/2022

220222210020 · 08/01/2022 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 22
Mine experience: 1.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MDU Resources Group Inc
Operator: Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine: 3500426

Narrative

TEAM MEMBER WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR TO VSI. WHILE MOVING TO GET A BETTER LEVERAGE ON THE DOOR TO USE TWO HANDS, THE DOOR SLIPPED AND LANDED ON TEAM MEMBER'S LEFT THUMB. THE EVALUATION BY THE HAND SPECIALIST INDICATES NERVE DAMAGE AND BONE IS OFFSET AND WILL NEED SURGERY.

Source

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