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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220002520016 · 08/31/2000 · Table Rock Asphalt Construction Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
2.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Bob R Simmons
Operator
Table Rock Asphalt Construction Company
Mine
2301836

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A HUNG DRILL STEEL OUT OF A FACE BOTTOM HOLE; IT SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS RIGHT THIRD FINGERTIP AGAINST SHOT ROCK. THIS RESULTED IN AN AVULSION/LACERATION TO THE FINGERTIP. X-RAYS SHOWED A SLIGHT HAIRLINE FRACTURE, AND 9 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO SUTURE LACERATION.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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