MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Start: 09/18/2023

220232690030 · 09/18/2023 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Groundman, Yardman
Activity: Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 193
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Knife River Corporation
Operator: Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine: 3500426

Narrative

Miner entered HP400 cone crusher after performing lock out/tag out to clear a large rock stuck between cone and mantel. Miner failed to recognize the stored energy in the cone being suspended by the rock. When dislodging the rock, the weight of the cone came down trapping both feet between the cone and mantel.

Source

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