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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220191610022 · 05/31/2019 · US Ceramics LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
3
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Mark Pearson; Michael Burgess
Operator
US Ceramics LLC
Mine
0901216

Narrative

A new employee was injured repairing a fluidizer lance. The employee dropped the lance and quickly grabbed it and pinched the left pinky finger between the lance and collar. Their finger was cut and also crushed. This job was being completed ""manually"" and there was no work procedure to follow.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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