Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A WIRE TIE. WHEN THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE WIRE TIE IT LACERATED THE LEFT THUMB.
Pumpkin Center PlantCoal
Pacificorp Syn Fuel Llc · Facility
Controlled by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
Quinton, Walker County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103145
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Jul 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2000 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE USING A ROUND STEEL BAR APPROXIMATELY 2/3"" IN DIAMETER TO STRIKE THE LINER OF THE EXTRUDING CHAMBER IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK IT LOOSE. THE STEEL BAR SLIPPED PINCHING THE STEEL BAR AND THE A UGER INSIDE THE EXTRUDER CHAMBER.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE BEGAN CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE FRONT-END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED. WET AND ICEE CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME. TE EE DID NOT FALL TO THE GROUND BUT CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING HOLD OF THE LADDER.