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MACHINERY

220020840155 · 03/19/2002 · Wendling Quarries Inc

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
10
Mine experience
6.55 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Manaco Corporation
Operator
Wendling Quarries Inc
Mine
1302074

Narrative

WORKER STRUCK THE DOOR WITH THE HANDLE END OF A LARGE CRESCENT WRENCH. AFTER STRIKING THE DOOR, THE WRENCH TRAVELED DOWN THE CHUTE FOLLOWING THE ANGLE. UPON REACHING THE BELT, THE WRENCH HANDL E WAS DRAWN UNDER THE CHAIN AND PULLED INWARD. PINNED HIS HAND AGAINST THE GUARD OVER TAIL PULLEY, IT PINCHED AND PULLED OFF ONE HALF OF THE INDEX FINGER, ALSO A THUMB LACERATION.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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