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MACHINERY

220032020059 · 07/15/2003 · Eden Stone Co., LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
15
Mine experience
5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
William Gesell
Operator
Eden Stone Co., LLC
Mine
4700044

Narrative

HE WAS ON HIS MACHINE AND IT MALFUNCTIONED...THE BLADE CAME DOWN TOO QUICKLY. WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE BLADE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE HEAD OF THE M ACHINE. THAT TOOK THE TIP OF HIS FINGER OFF.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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