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POWERED HAULAGE

220001430024 · 05/14/2000 · U S Borax Inc

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
31
Mine experience
0.94 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rio Tinto Group
Operator
U S Borax Inc
Mine
0400743

Narrative

THE EE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A RUBBER PATCH OVER A HOLE IN THE 10 MOL DRYER FEED SCREW HOUSING. HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO PUSH THE EXISTING PATCH OF THE HOLE. IN DOING SO, HIS GLOV E WAS PULLED INTO THE SCREW, AMPUTATING HIS THUMB TO THE FIRST KNUCKLE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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