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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220122210025 · 08/06/2012 · Austin White Lime Company, Ltd.

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
J.O. Robinson
Operator
Austin White Lime Company, Ltd.
Mine
4100001

Narrative

Employee replacing a section of flighting. As he maneuvered the flighting into position using the chain hoist he placed his right hand on the flighting to help control its movement. The flighting caught on the handrail making it shift in an unexpected direction. His fingers got pinched between the flighting and the screw trough. Diagnosis finger fracture.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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