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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220210570018 · 02/17/2021 · Huber Carbonates, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
2
Mine experience
1.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
J M Huber Corp
Operator
Huber Carbonates, LLC
Mine
1102627

Narrative

IE was helping to free a bucket elevator leg. The leg, locked out at the time of the incident. Another employee using a pipe wrench to try and turn the shaft while the IE was trying to pull on the belt, when the pipe wrench slipped causing three of the IE's fingers to get pinched between the belt and a sheave. X-rays revealed a fracture to the tip of IE's middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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