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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220133300006 · 11/20/2013 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.

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
Carpenter
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employees were repositioning forks on forklift when a stuck fork released and caught the employee's middle finger between the frame and the fork. The employee pulled their finger from the pinch point and fractured their finger tip as well as avulsed a large section of flesh from the finger tip.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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