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MACHINERY

220153170014 · 11/12/2015 · Buckingham Slate Company LLC

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
Hand tools (powered)
Injury source
MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Wallace Brad Jones; Mark W Claud
Operator
Buckingham Slate Company LLC
Mine
4400061

Narrative

Employee was trimming slate chips using Trimmer #1. She had a chip in the trimmer when the blade got stuck on the left side of the machine in the rock. She tried pushing the rock in, and the blade let loose and cut her finger. She had her fingers on top of the slate which is an unsafe act. Finger are always to be underneath the slate chip.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
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