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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220161180043 · 04/25/2016 · Buckingham Slate Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
26
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was lifting up a piece of slate with a chisel to put a shim under it. Employee was holding the shim incorrectly with EE's thumb on top, and EE's other fingers on the bottom. The rock slipped out from the chisel and it fell on top of the block which then cut off part of the thumb and cut EE's middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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