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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220001050057 · 04/04/2000 · Southdown Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
32.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Southdown Inc
Operator
Southdown Inc
Mine
2000038

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A COMPRESSOR MOTOR, MOTOR BECAME HUNG UP ON DOWEL PIN, EMPLOYEE USED A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS AS A PRY BAR, MOTOR FREED ITSELF WHILE EMPLOYEE PRYED IT AND DROPPED DOWN, CA TCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BASE AND CHANNEL LOCKS.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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