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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220080560034 · 02/20/2008 · Sublette County Road & Bridge

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
13
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Sublette County-Wy
Operator
Sublette County Road & Bridge
Mine
4801587

Narrative

While employee was greasing the bearing on the rotor of the crusher, he turned it too far thereby catching his middle finger between the blow bar and side of crusher. This resulted in a severed middle finger from the 1st knuckle to tip of finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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