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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220162700012 · 09/25/2016 · LAlumina LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
3.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
OYAK Group
Operator
LAlumina LLC
Mine
1600354

Narrative

Employee was in the process of opening the discharge to the #1 vacuum pump. When employee struck the valve with the maul the valve swung around and smashed the middle finger between the valve handle and the maul handle resulting in a laceration to the (L) 3rd finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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