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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220061040026 · 04/07/2006 · Cemex Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
3.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cemex S A
Operator
Cemex Inc
Mine
4000840

Narrative

The employee was closing the exterior door for the Overtracks Silo Elevator when his finger was caught between the handle (on the top door) and the bottom door. The door is a bi-parting door. When the top section of the door is pulled downward the bottom section automatically moves upward until the sections meet. Both sections are equipped with rubber astragal.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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