HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Start: 12/31/2023

220240080026 · 12/31/2023 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: PLANTS,TREES,VEGETATION
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): NACCO Industries Inc
Operator: Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Mine: 2200690

Narrative

Employee was attempting to dislodge a small tree limb that was stuck behind the blade of EE's bulldozer. When EE let go of the limb, stored energy caused it to snap back, pinning the tip of EE's left little finger against the dozer blade and fracturing the bone.

Source

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