HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC
Start: 09/02/2016

220162500029 · 09/02/2016 · Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Welder (non-shop)
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC
Mine: 2400910

Narrative

Two employees were working on DL5001 putting safety retainer pin back in. As they were moving the pin back and forth one side fell off causing the pin to swing up smashing finger in between the load and catwalk.

Source

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