HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Specialty Minerals Inc
Start: 11/14/2018

220183240020 · 11/14/2018 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity: Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine: 1900035

Narrative

The employee was operating the sand truck and pulled over to inspect the level of the sand hopper and employee's right small finger contacted a sharp piece of metal on the dump truck body. Employee's finger was lacerated and required sutures.

Source

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