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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220150160018 · 01/13/2015 · Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Carpenter
Activity
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Sherwin Alumina LLC
Operator
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
Mine
4100906

Narrative

Employee was attempting to place a compressor on to a vehicle hitch. The compressor's chocks had been removed so that the compressor could be rolled on to the hitch, causing the compressor to roll forward and catch the employee's hand between hitch and compressor. The employee received a fracture on the right hand metacarpal.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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