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MACHINERY

220140830008 · 03/12/2014 · Briar Hill Stone Co

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost
0
Mine experience
16.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Frank Waller
Operator
Briar Hill Stone Co
Mine
3300176

Narrative

MSHA inspector had been in plant and had EE wearing noise and dust sample collecting equipment for the day. The hoses from these devices got tangled up and he was trying to straighten them out. He straightened his arm out and hand went into radial saw. Fatty tissue between thumb and 1st finger was cut, also his thumb. Wearing 2 devices caused the entanglement.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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