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HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220191070012 · 04/14/2019 · Imerys Talc Incorporated
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 Ball/Rod/Pebble/Hand/Limestone/Dry mill operator, Roller operator
Activity Machine maintenance
Injury source MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost 0
Mine experience 0.58 years
Operator
Controller (parent) Imerys S A
Operator Imerys Talc Incorporated
Mine 2402050
Narrative 2 employees were manually rolling pellet mill die to test roller tightness when IE pinched the left middle finger between the pellet mill die and the roller resulting in a severe laceration requiring 3 stitches.
Source
Authoritative MSHA Open Government Data
Machine JSON-LD · Markdown
MSHA mine accident data · MORVS CC0 1.0