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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220180300006 · 01/16/2018 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
24.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator
Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine
0400219

Narrative

Employee was using a forklift and noticed that there was slack in one of the chains which raise and lower the forks and decided to adjust the chains. The Operator tried to realign the chain onto the pulley, when the chain moved and caught the right hand between the chain and the pulley. This resulted in avulsion to the right index finger

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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