POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Imerys Talc America, Inc.
Start: 10/28/2005

220053050005 · 10/28/2005 · Imerys Talc America, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Fork lift
Injury source: FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 0.94 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Imerys Talc America, Inc.
Mine: 4102113

Narrative

While dumping a small dumpster into a larger dumpster with a forklift, the employee's finger was caught between the fork and the fork access on the bottom of the dumpster as he manually pulled the release lever. The employee was transported to the emergency room. The top third of his ring finger was surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown