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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220222970014 · 10/21/2022 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
36
Mine experience
6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
Operator
Prairie State Generating Company LLC
Mine
1103193

Narrative

Employee was recovering fire suppression pipe, this one piece of pipe was in a bind in the mounting bracket. Employee loosened the bracket holding the pipe causing the pipe to move abruptly. It contacted their hand resulting in two fractured fingers and a laceration to the tip of one of the fractured fingers.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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