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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220130570004 · 02/15/2013 · Blount Springs Materials Co Inc

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
18
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert Fulton Heatherly
Operator
Blount Springs Materials Co Inc
Mine
0103199

Narrative

Individual was welding a Taper bushing that had broken out of a head pulley drum back into place. He was using a chain hoist to pull the shaft and the bushing back into place when the hoist slipped rotating the shaft that was attached to the drive pulley. Individual had his hand on the pulley and his thumb was pulled between the pulley and the drive belt.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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