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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220073620001 · 12/21/2007 · U.S. Silica Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.65 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USS Holdings Inc
Operator
U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Mine
3400377

Narrative

Employee was opening a rail car discharge slide. The slide was hard to move. When the slide broke free, the momentum caused the bar to slip from the slide knuckle and employee's left middle finger was caught between the hex bar and unloading screw box.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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