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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220052000012 · 07/12/2005 · Imerys Talc Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
PALLETS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
25.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rio Tinto Group
Operator
Imerys Talc Incorporated
Mine
2400162

Narrative

The employee was lifting and moving a wood pallet, which had a 50lb blower on it, when it slipped. The right middle finger of employee was caught in between two wood pallets. The employee sustained a (R) long finger crush injury with suturable lacerationand open distal phalanz fracture.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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