MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at U. S. Silica Company
Start: 09/26/2012

220122790037 · 09/26/2012 · U. S. Silica Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Mill equipment
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 4.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USS Holdings Inc
Operator: U. S. Silica Company
Mine: 1101013

Narrative

The employee was turning a chuck key with a T-Bar on a lathe in the machine shop. As the chuck and the chuck key moved downward his left hand ring finger was caught between the chuck key and the lathe table. The employee instinctively pulled his hand back, the chuck key caused a laceration which required 5 sutures.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown