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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220090790004 · 03/12/2009 · Tower Rock Stone Company

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
Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
5.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Jay E Luhr; Michael Luhr
Operator
Tower Rock Stone Company
Mine
2300781

Narrative

Miner was helping to free lumpy material from a hopper chute by hitting the side of the hopper with a 4# hammer. He managed to get a finger between the hammer handle and the side of the hopper. This resulted in a right index finger contusion as well as a nondisplaced fracture of the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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