MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Blue Mountain Production Company LLC
Start: 05/30/2023

220231510016 · 05/30/2023 · Blue Mountain Production Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary 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: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 65
Mine experience: 7.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Oil Dri Corporation Of America
Operator: Blue Mountain Production Company LLC
Mine: 2200582

Narrative

Teammate while holding the Manual override with their right hand inserted their left index finger into the Borax Valve to see if it was clean. The teammates stated their right hand slipped off the controls and the valve closed and amputated approx 1"" of EE's left index finger.

Source

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