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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220062400083 · 08/22/2006 · The Doe Run Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
KNIFE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
6.27 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Renco Group
Operator
The Doe Run Company
Mine
2300409

Narrative

Employee was loading powder in down holes. While cutting blasting wire toward body, the force he was using caused the knife to continue to his forearm causing a laceration. He was taken to salem emergency room where he received 11 sutures to inside of left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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