HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at WE Soda Alkali, LLC
Start: 06/04/2017

220171600018 · 06/04/2017 · WE Soda Alkali, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 20 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Tronox Limited
Operator: WE Soda Alkali, LLC
Mine: 4800152

Narrative

Employee was rotating a sheave block to uncross the two cable lines. When the sheave was rotated the weight of the cable caused the sheave to roll a couple of inches. EE right hand was pulled into the sheave as ee was holding onto the cable. Result was the amputation of the tip of ring finger, right hand

Source

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