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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220030620096 · 02/19/2003 · Dolomite 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
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
Mine experience
25 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Dorothy Baxter
Operator
Dolomite Inc
Mine
0800086

Narrative

WORKING ON AN AIR OPERATED GREASE PUMP. GREASE PUMP HAD AIR LEAK. PLACED HAND NEAR TO SEE WHERE AIR WAS COMING FROM AND THE AIR PISTON CAME DOWN AND MASHED FINGERS. THE AMPUTATION WAS JUST BEL OW THE NAIL OF MIDDLE FINGER, 1ST KNUCKLE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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