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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220040890058 · 03/17/2004 · American Sandstone

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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
Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
3
Mine experience
7 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Blaser Aquisition Corporation
Operator
American Sandstone
Mine
0202746

Narrative

EE WAS LIFTING A SLAB OF STONE HE HAD SPLIT WHEN THE STONE FRACTURED & BROKE IN TWO. THIS FORCED HIM TO QUICKLY LOWER THE PIECE OF STONE HE WAS HOLDING ONTO, PINCHING HIS FINGERS WHEN THE STONE LANDED ON THE TOP OF THE BLOCK OF STONE THE SLAB WAS SPLIT FROM. NO BROKEN BONES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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