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MACHINERY

220051920055 · 07/05/2005 · Knife River - South Dakota

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity
Hand tools (powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Gerald P Sweetman
Operator
Knife River - South Dakota
Mine
3900292

Narrative

Employee was removing the cutting edge bolts with an air wrench. One of the bolts dropped out of the sq. slot. He pushed the bolt back up into the sq slot-when he used the air wrench to remove the nut & bolt, nut & air wrench dropped. The head of the bolt dropped down out of the sq slot and cut through his glove and cut tip of left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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