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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220120400016 · 02/04/2012 · Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
KNIFE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
23.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Imerys S A
Operator
Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
Mine
0402848

Narrative

Employee was cutting a hose using a box cutter. The blade was not long enough to go all the way through the hose so the EE flipped the hose over to cut on the other side. When the box cutter cut through the hose, the blade slipped free, contacting his left second finger and cutting it

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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