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MACHINERY

220140240012 · 01/20/2014 · Noranda Alumina LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Carpenter
Activity
Hand tools (powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
22 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Noranda Aluminum Company
Operator
Noranda Alumina LLC
Mine
1600352

Narrative

The employee was removing scale from a valve with a rivet buster. When the scale broke free the rivet buster dropped pinching the employee finger between the rivet buster and the valve. The employee incurred a linear fracture in the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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