I entered the machine, and my left foot pressed down on a foot control, which raise the bucket up into the air. As bucket lifted, it caught right arm and lifted me into the air. I was holding onto a side bar with my left hand, and when the bucket lifted it raised my whole body, and my left arm got pinched between the ROPS and the boom cross member.
Wash PlantMetal/Nonmetal
LHC Incorporated · Surface
Controlled by Roger L Claridge
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401964
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2003–2016
- Latest incident
- Dec 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2016 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2006 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
After viewing the material moving on infeed conveyor, he turned; right hand glove snagged by trough roller sucking right hand between roller and conveyor belt. The plant was in a test run after reconfiguring plant setup. There were no roller guards on that portion of the infeed conveyor. Damage to employee's hand was bruising. He was able to remove hand immediately.
2003 · 1 incident
No Value Found
WHILE REMOVING CONVEYOR SAND SPILLAGE AROUND TAIL PULLEYS, EE'S LEFT ARM WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN UNI-LOADER CAB & BUCKET.