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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220113530039 · 12/09/2011 · EP Minerals, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Cleanup man, Cleanup worker
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
48
Mine experience
14.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
EP Management Corporation
Operator
EP Minerals, LLC
Mine
3503236

Narrative

employee was not following our lock out tag out test out policy while working on a piece of equipment. he caught his gloved hand in a pinch point and broke his right thumb in two places with a laceration across the top. this pinch point moved because a chunk of DE caught a gate and drove it up causing an adjustment wheel to turn unexpectedly.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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