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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220012920015 · 10/02/2001 · Wendling Quarries Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
4
Mine experience
5.65 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Manaco Corporation
Operator
Wendling Quarries Inc
Mine
1302062

Narrative

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER, GUIDING A LOADER INT HE ATTEMPT TO CLEAR A JAMMED BOULDER. IN THE ATTEMPT, THE ROCKS SHIFTED IN AN UNATICIPATED MANNER, CAUS ING ONE ROCK TO SPIN AROUND AND STRIKE HIS RIGHTHAND WHICH WAS GRIPPING THE TOP EDGE OF THE HOPPER. INJURIED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, LACERATIONS OF SKIN, LACERATION OF EXTENSOR TENDON, OPEN FRAC

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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