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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001580009 · 05/27/2000 · Oil-Dri Georgia LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Climb scaffolds, Ladders
Injury source
MOVEABLE LADDERS
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
2.44 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Oil Dri Corporation Of America
Operator
Oil-Dri Georgia LLC
Mine
0900114

Narrative

EMPLOYEE HAD EXTENDED THE EXTENSION LADDER IN ORDER TO MAKE REPAIRS TO OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL LINESTHE SLIDES ON THE LADDER BECAME STUCK & HE BEGANSHAKING THE LADDER TO FREE THE EXTENSION. THE EX TENSION SLIPPED FREE & JAMMED HIS LEFT THUMB AGAINST THE LADDER RUNG. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT & SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE LACERATION TO HIS THUMB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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