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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220020040001 · 01/01/2002 · Cargill Fertilizer, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
6.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cargill Inc
Operator
Cargill Fertilizer, LLC
Mine
0801183

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A CABLE FROM ON D9 TRACTOR TO THE BLADE OF ANOTHER D9 TRACTOR. AS THE SLACK WAS BEING PULLED OUT OF THE CABLE, THE HOOK ROTATED PINCHING THE RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE HOOK A ND TRACTOR BLADE. THUMB WAS FRACTURED AND EMPLOYEE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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