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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220051570051 · 05/23/2005 · Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.35 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Colas S A
Operator
Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Inc
Mine
0301894

Narrative

AN OVERSIZED ROCK BECAME LODGED IN THE FEEDER OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK NEXT TO THE FEEDER ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE ROCK WITH A METAL BAR. ANOTHER ROCK SHIFTED & SLID INTO THE BAR MASHING THE EE'S HAND BETWEEN THE BAR & THE HANDRAIL OF THE CATWALK. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED THUMB & CONTINUES TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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