HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Decker Coal Company
Start: 06/28/2023

220231870021 · 06/28/2023 · Decker Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lighthouse Resources Inc
Operator: Decker Coal Company
Mine: 2400839

Narrative

Dragline operator cut the tip of finger while reinstalling a lower hoist chain pin during a PM. Dragline Operator's ring and pinky fingers were pinched under the pin's locking collar cap, with the ring finger taking most of the injury. The tip of the ring finger was cut off with only slight pinch damage to the pinky.

Source

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