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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220022800138 · 09/28/2002 · Brooksville Cement Cemex Inc

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
2.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cemex S A
Operator
Brooksville Cement Cemex Inc
Mine
0800800

Narrative

INJURED EE WAS REMOVING GRATING AT A RAIL CAR UNLOADING HOPPER. THE GRATES HAVE LIFTING BRACKETS ATTACHED THAT SLIDE UP TO ALLOW THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT TO BE INSEERTED FOR LIFTING. THE EE WAS HOLDING THE LIFTING BRACKETS UP TO ALLOW ANOTHER EE TO INSERT FORKLIFT WHEN HIS LEFT THUMB BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE BRACKET AND THE FORK.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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