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MACHINERY

220000800025 · 03/09/2000 · Hammett Gravel Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
0.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Harold P Hammett Jr; Heyward C Green
Operator
Hammett Gravel Company Inc
Mine
2200189

Narrative

INJURED WAS HELPING INSTALL A CLUTCH ON A 671 ENGINE ON OUR DREDGE. CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED WITH AID OF HOIST AND CHAIN. AFTER CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED, WHILE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, EMPLOYEE REA CHED INTO TOP OF CLUTCH TO REMOVE THE CHAIN. AN EMPLOYEE NEARBY LOST HIS BALANCE AND STRUCK THE CLUTCH LEVER ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND SEVERING THE TIP OF INJURED'S FINGER.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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