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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220131840022 · 06/24/2013 · U S Silica Company

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
Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity
Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source
DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USS Holdings Inc
Operator
U S Silica Company
Mine
3800138

Narrative

The maintenance employee was checking the wet process float cells. The employee climbed up the feed end of the float cell bank and reached up and grabbed a small guard at the top of the cells. He got his ring finger caught in the pulley on the backside of the pulley causing a cut and a fracture of the end of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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