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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220003180189 · 11/04/2000 · U S Borax Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
5.03 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING A PRODUCT LUMP OUT OF THE CONVERTER DISCHARGE CHUTE TO THE FLUID BED DRYER BELT. THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED IN HIS HAND & HIS LEFT THUMB HIT THE CHUTE. THE RESULT WAS A FRACTURED THUMB

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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