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MACHINERY

220210140020 · 10/09/2020 · Varra Companies Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
77
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Garrett Varra; Pasquale Varra
Operator
Varra Companies Inc
Mine
0503788

Narrative

Wet Plant was shut down in order to remove some jammed rocks from tail pulley on cone cross over belt on wash/plant, plant was unexpected turned on and hand got caught in the belt, because of a language barrier the co-worker thought they wanted the bump over turned on to move the rock. This caused EE's hand to get caught up in screen

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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