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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220101590019 · 05/26/2010 · Almatis Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
0
Mine experience
36.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Almatis Holdings 1 BV
Operator
Almatis Inc
Mine
0300257

Narrative

A employee was cleaning the magnet located on the Tabular 112 Fired Ball belt. The employee had to place his hand and arm between the belt and magnet to clean the magnet. The cable which holds up the magnet failed. This caused the frame of the magnet frame to fall on the employee left hand.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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