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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
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