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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220023160078 · 11/05/2002 · GCC Dacotah Inc

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
Shopman repair cars, Mechanic
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
30 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
GCC SAB de CV
Operator
GCC Dacotah Inc
Mine
3900022

Narrative

THE EE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC JACK AND SPACERS TO SPREAD APART THE PLATES ON THE P/H CRANE BUCKET. THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING THE PIN. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SPREADING THE PLATES TH E EE RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE HYDRAULIC JACK AT THE SAME TIME UNAWARE OF HIS HAND PLACEMENT/POSITION, WHICH RESULTED IN A SMASHED LEFT THUMB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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