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POWERED HAULAGE

220092150005 · 07/27/2009 · Parke County Highway Department

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
7
Mine experience
9.79 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Parke County-IN
Operator
Parke County Highway Department
Mine
1200993

Narrative

Got out of loader to check belt position, entered under hopper, put right hand on conveyer for stability. Belt grabbed glove, pulling hand under belt. It mashed some fingers, no broken bones according to physican. Did require stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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