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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220012500044 · 08/28/2001 · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Maxxam Inc
Operator
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Mine
1600352

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN DISCHARGE CLARKSON VALVE ON NO. 2 PUMP OFF PUMP TO PRIME. THE FEED TANK VALVE WOULD NOT REOPEN, WHILE TAPPING ON THE VALVE EMPLOYEE SMASHED LEFT LITTLE FINGER B ETWEEN THE MAUL AND THE VALVE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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