HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Black Hills Bentonite
Start: 06/10/2015

220151660038 · 06/10/2015 · Black Hills Bentonite

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Thomas A Thorson
Operator: Black Hills Bentonite
Mine: 4800617

Narrative

Employee was using a rope to pull a ladder into place on a piece of machinery he was working on. The rope dropped and got wrapped up in a tail roller. and then rope wrapped around his leg. It tightened around his leg until it broke.

Source

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