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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001750008 · 06/12/2000 · Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
11 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
General Chemical; Andover Group
Operator
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners LLC
Mine
4800155

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM HORIZONTAL HOLE WHEN HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED OFF. HIS LEFT RING FINGER HAD BEEN INJURED ON AN OFF THE JOB INJURY AND WHEN THE PROTECTIVE GLOVE WA S PULLED OFF, IT PULLED THE BANDAGE OFF HIS PREVIOUSLY INJURED FINGER. IT REINJURED THE SAME FINGER AND REQUIRED SUTURES IN THE SAME WOUND.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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