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POWERED HAULAGE

220021960157 · 07/09/2002 · River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
13
Mine experience
15.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Buzzi S p A
Operator
River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA
Mine
2300188

Narrative

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO UNPLUG SILO 21 WEIGTHFEEDER WHEN HE NOTICED SILO 11 WAS ALSO PLUGGED WITH A LUMP IN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. HE GRABBED ANOTHER LUMP AND PROCEEDED TO TRY TO KNOCK IT THROUGH. THIS WORKED, HOWEVER THE LUMP THAT HE USED THEN BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE CHUTE & THE WEIGTH BELT TRAPPING HIS FINGERS IN A PINCH POINT. AS THE BELT CONTINUED TO RUN & HIS FINGERS WERE CUT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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