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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220010240006 · 01/11/2001 · Lodestar Energy Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Over-exertion NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
90
Mine experience
23.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Iracoal Incorporated
Operator
Lodestar Energy Incorporated
Mine
1511704

Narrative

EE WAS HOLDING THE BOLT HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TIGHTENING THE NUT WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS, HIS RIGHT HAND POPPED ABOVE RIGHT THUMB THEN HE COULDN'T MOVE THE THUMB AWAY FROM HIS PA LM.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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