HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at American Colloid Company
Start: 10/07/2019

220192830019 · 10/07/2019 · American Colloid Company

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: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 1.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: American Colloid Company
Mine: 4800888

Narrative

Employee was cleaning out a brake box on the trailer of the haul wagon when employee's hand got pinched between the slack adjuster and the housing. The right index finger was dislocated and also had a laceration that needed stitched. The EE was wearing cut resistant gloves at the time of the incident.

Source

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