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POWERED HAULAGE

220051010047 · 03/31/2005 · Kilauea Crushers Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
8
Mine experience
5.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
C William Nichols
Operator
Kilauea Crushers Inc
Mine
0202693

Narrative

Stablilizer screening plant feed screw was stuck and not turning. He reached in to pull out obstruction and screw started turning pinching his thumb between screw and cylinder. He assumed that the breaker had tripped due to the obstruction, causing the operating system to be energized and that is why he didn't lock out system.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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