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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220032900001 · 10/13/2003 · Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
80
Mine experience
3.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
Operator
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
Mine
2800021

Narrative

SEVERAL MEN WERE HOISTING A BELT TO PERFORM A BELT SPLICE. ONE END OF THE BELT HAD BEEN PULLED UP. THEY WERE TRYING TO RAISE THE OTHER SIDE USING A COME-ALONG & ELECTRIC HOIST ALTERNATELY. THE INJURED WAS USING THE COME-ALONG. HIS LEFT HANDWAS RESTING ON THE HEAD PULLEY ADJUSTMENT NUT. HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE HEAD PULLEY, CATCHING HIS FINGERTIPS BETWEEN ADJUSTMENT NUT & FRAME.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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