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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220020220100 · 01/09/2002 · O-N Minerals (Chemstone 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
Truck driver
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
BLOCKING
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Oglebay Norton Company
Operator
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)
Mine
4400026

Narrative

WHILE UNLOADING A RAILCAR TRYING TO VIBRATE LIME DOWN THAT THE SHAKER WOULD NOT REACH DECIDED TO PUT WOOD BLOCKS BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE SHAKER, WHILE GETTING THE BLOCKS IN PLACE HE GOT THUMB CAUGHT AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED ON THE BLOCK HIS THUMB WAS LACERATED AND MASHED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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