HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Start: 07/19/2011

220112030007 · 07/19/2011 · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 10.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A
Operator: Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Mine: 0900121

Narrative

Hammer mill rotor was locked down with clay. Used vacuum truck to remove clay and then tried to free up rotor by rotating it. Employee pushed on rotor and when it broke free it caught his left hand middle finger between wall and a hammer causing a laceration.

Source

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