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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220052060002 · 07/21/2005 · Specialty Granules LLC

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
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Specialty Granules LLC
Operator
Specialty Granules LLC
Mine
3603460

Narrative

Employee was setting a new chute section on a screen tower. The chute was rigged to the crane line with a single choker hitch. As the chute was being lowered through a floor opening it got hung up on a flange. Employee tried to straighten the piece and it swung and crushed his left bicep up against the structure.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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