MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Thiele Kaolin Company
Start: 03/14/2008

220080780034 · 03/14/2008 · Thiele Kaolin Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: MOTORS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 17.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Paul R Kirschling
Operator: Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine: 0900901

Narrative

Employee and co-worker were removing motor from shelf with a hoist. Injured employee was holding motor guiding it down to level when co-worker pushed wrong switch causing motor to drop on injured employee's left little finger crushing it.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown