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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220051810025 · 06/20/2005 · Premier Silica LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CONTAINERS,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
26
Mine experience
8.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Oglebay Norton Company
Operator
Premier Silica LLC
Mine
0402801

Narrative

The employee was attempting to support the transmission oil pan of a front-end loader with his hand. The mechanic broke the seal between the transmission oil pan and the transmission with a crowbar. The oil pan broke free and fell to the concrete slab. It pushed the employee's left hand down to the concrete slab and fractured the tip of the middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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