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MACHINERY

220063050011 · 10/25/2006 · White Rock Quarries

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
105
Mine experience
2.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Vecellio Group Inc
Operator
White Rock Quarries
Mine
0801058

Narrative

Drill helper put his hand between kelly bar and the steel tube cap which is used to hold the tube down while the outer kelly bar is being pulled out of the ground. His arm was caught and pulled down iunto the borehole. The drill bar slipped on top of driller's hand. EE had surgery and lost right index finger, other broken fingers and lacerations to forearm.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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