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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220093030051 · 10/28/2009 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator
Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Mine
3000585

Narrative

The employee was assisting in moving the sample splitter table using a plastic pallet. It got stuck in the doorway. The employee pushed on the table legs, and his right hand got caught between the metal plate on the table leg and the door frame, causing an amputation to the distal phalanx of the ring finger and a laceration to the index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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