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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220061800059 · 06/21/2006 · Asbury Advanced Materials

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
BAGS
Nature of injury
DISLOCATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Asbury Carbons Inc
Operator
Asbury Advanced Materials
Mine
3607028

Narrative

Employee was stacking 50# bags of pulverized carbon. When he tried to push a corner of a bag in to straighten the bag his thumb got caught on the bag and dislocated his thumb. He told his shift foreman that he is double jointed. This may have contributed to the injury.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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