HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Saint-Gobain Proppants
Start: 10/06/2010

220102810053 · 10/06/2010 · Saint-Gobain Proppants

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Saint-Gobain
Operator: Saint-Gobain Proppants
Mine: 0301607

Narrative

EE was attempting to latch a flip hopper back in place. Hopper had slid forward too far for the pins to fit into the openings on track. EE was attempting to latch it by holding latch open with lt hand & pushing down on hopper with rt hand. When hopper made contact with latch, his middle lt finger was caught in pinch point, resulting in a laceration; 7 sutures required.

Source

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