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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220013470009 · 12/05/2001 · Thiele Kaolin Company

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
Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source
DOORS,INCL UG VENTILATION
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
19.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Paul R Kirschling
Operator
Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine
0900901

Narrative

EE WAS INSPECTING SPRAY DRYER CHAMBER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DRYER CHAMBER DOOR HIS THIRD FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR FRAME OF CHAMBER AND DOOR RESULTING IN FRACTUR ING TIP OF FINGER AND REQUIRING SIX (6) SUTURES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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