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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220003610122 · 12/18/2000 · Essroc Cement Corp

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
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
28.78 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Italcementi Spa
Operator
Essroc Cement Corp
Mine
1200066

Narrative

THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN LIMIT SWITCH AND ROTATING ARM. EE WAS HOLDING CLOSED LIMIT BECAUSE THE DAMPER WOULD NOT CLOSE. IN THE DARK HE HAD HIS THUMB IN THE WRONG PLACE WHEN THE SHAFT ROTATED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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