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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220112900042 · 10/13/2011 · Decker's Creek Limestone Company

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
4
Mine experience
26 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Greer Industries Inc
Operator
Decker's Creek Limestone Company
Mine
4600029

Narrative

While setting an engine back into the scaling truck the engine shifted and caught the mechanic's left index finger resulting in an amputation right at the base of the finger nail.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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