HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Oil-Dri Georgia LLC
Start: 10/21/2015

220153000003 · 10/21/2015 · Oil-Dri Georgia LLC

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: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 17 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Oil Dri Corporation Of America
Operator: Oil-Dri Georgia LLC
Mine: 0900114

Narrative

Conveyor belt not running, so employee tightened tail pulley end. He reached in with his right middle finger to check the tension when belt started turning & his finger was caught between head pulley and belt causing a laceration requiring sutures.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown