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MACHINERY

220032530013 · 08/27/2003 · Briar Hill Stone Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
DISLOCATION
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
Mine experience
3.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Frank Waller
Operator
Briar Hill Stone Company
Mine
3303259

Narrative

EE JUST FINISHED DRILLING HOLES WITH A TRACK DRILL AND WAS CREASING THE HOLES TO SCORE BOTH SIDES. HE RAISED THE DRILL OUT AND GRABBED IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS GLOVES WERE LONGER THAN HIS FI NGERS SO WHEN HE GRABBED THE CREASER THE GLOVE WAS BETWEEN THE CREASER AND THE PALM OF HIS HAND. WHEN THE CREASER ROTATED, IT TIGHTENED THE GLOVE WITH HIS HAND IN IT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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