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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220170550016 · 02/22/2017 · U.S. Silica Company, 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
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
15.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USS Holdings Inc
Operator
U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Mine
3603122

Narrative

Two maintenance persons were tossing a piece of irregular shaped scrap cast iron pipe into a scrap metal dumpster. Piece caught edge of dumpster and spun and pinched two fingers between pipe and dumpster

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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