HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
Start: 08/16/2002

220022420031 · 08/16/2002 · Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 11.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): BPU Reynolds Inc
Operator: Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
Mine: 4100906

Narrative

EE WAS USING AN 8LB. SLEDGEHAMMER TO OPEN THE PUMP-OFF VALVE ON #54 PPT. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER HANDLE STRUCK THE VALVE HANDLE. THIS DEVIATED THE SWING PATTERN. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WA S CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE VALVE HANDLE. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER THAT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTIONS.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown