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HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220022940065 · 10/16/2002 · U S Borax Inc
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between NEC
- Occupation
- Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- Activity
- Machine maintenance
- Injury source
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part
- FINGER(S)/THUMB
- Days lost
- —
- Mine experience
- 33.09 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Rio Tinto Group
- Operator
- U S Borax Inc
- Mine
- 0400743
Narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT ON #2 DRYER WHEN HIS GLOVE/THUMB BECAME LODGED IN PULLEY, CAUSING FRACTURE, AVULSION, LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown