HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Start: 04/01/2021

220210960022 · 04/01/2021 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MDU Resources Group Inc
Operator: Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine: 3503558

Narrative

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACITVITIES ON A CONVEYOR, EE DISLODGED MATERIAL THAT WENT BETWEEN THEIR FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES CONTACTING THEIR LEFT EYE. EE WAS EVALUATED AS HAVING A CORNEAL ABRASION AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

Source

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