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MACHINERY

220113410018 · 12/01/2011 · Mojave Desert Minerals, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity
Drill face, Rib, Side, Down
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
3
Mine experience
0.79 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Charles S Williams; Charles W Dalrymple
Operator
Mojave Desert Minerals, LLC
Mine
0202620

Narrative

While changing out the long hole steel Miner grabbed a-hold of the steel while driller was rotating to remove it. The Steel became bound up at an angle and pinched his thumb between the steel and the guide slide.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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