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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220152180023 · 08/03/2015 · EP Minerals LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Dryer operator, Kiln operator, Dry plant operator, Fluid operator, Bed dryer operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
15
Mine experience
3.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
EP Management Corporation
Operator
EP Minerals LLC
Mine
4002968

Narrative

The employee was cleaning out the bottom of #1 disintegrator with a long scrapper when a large piece of clay broke free and landed on the tool. the employees finger was smashed between the handle of the scrapper and the metal frame on the outside of the disintegrator.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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