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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220011760072 · 06/15/2001 · Wake Stone Corp

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
Machine maintenance
Injury source
DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
John R. Bratton
Operator
Wake Stone Corp
Mine
3102071

Narrative

WHEN EE TRIED TO RELEASE A JAMMED HOIST PULLEY, THE PULLEY FLIPPED BACKWARDS WHEN THE TENSION WAS RELEASED. THE EE S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PULLEY BLOCK AND THE HOIST FRAME. THE FRAME ED GE CUT THE EE THUMB, REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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