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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220072850011 · 10/04/2007 · Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Welder
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Hugh E Harvey
Operator
Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
Mine
2900170

Narrative

While switching out a rope on a skip, the employee was working on the 3rd thimble. There was mechanics wire tied between the rope and thimble. While under pressure, the mechanics wire broke causing the the bar the employee was holding to smash him between the bar and other linkage fracturing his right wrist.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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