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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220122200029 · 08/02/2012 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.27 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Operator
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
Mine
0200024

Narrative

Contractor employee was using a pry bar when the item he was prying on became dislodged causing his left 5th finger to become caught between the pry bar and a lifting eye attached to a motor nearby. The contact between the two objects casued a fracture to the tip of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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