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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220021190003 · 04/22/2002 · Melvin Stone Company LLC

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 coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
2.63 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James P Jurgensen
Operator
Melvin Stone Company LLC
Mine
3304479

Narrative

TWO MEN WERE WORKING TO FREE A BIG ROCK STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THROAT BY THROWING OTHER ROCKS BEHIND IT TO HOPEFULLY WEDGE AGAINST IT TO BREAK IT LOOSE. WHILE DOING SO, A ROCK ABOUT 75-100LB CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROCKS PILED IN THE FEEDER. IT SLID DOWN THE PILE AND CAUGHT ONE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE STEEL FEED THROAT OF THE CRUSHER, BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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