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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220021190142 · 04/15/2002 · Lafarge Corporation

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
Coal sampler
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Lafarge S A
Operator
Lafarge Corporation
Mine
1100786

Narrative

WHILE CLOSING A HAMMER BLIND ON SILO 16, EE WERE HAVING PROBLEM GETTING THE BLIND TO THROW. OTHER EE STARTED SHAKING TOP OF BLIND WHEN EE ASKED HIM TO STOP. OTHER DID NOT REALIZE WHAT HE HAS A SKED-HE GRABBED THE BOTTOM OF THE HAMMER BLIND AT THE SAME TIME OTHER PULLED THE TOP. CAUSED HE TO GET HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE INSIDE OF THE HAMMER BLIND AND THE HOUSING.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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