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MACHINERY
220210850024 · 03/18/2021 · Specialty Minerals Inc
Details
- Degree of injury
- PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Occupation
- Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- Activity
- Machine maintenance
- Injury source
- BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
- Nature of injury
- AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- Body part
- FINGER(S)/THUMB
- Days lost
- 40
- Mine experience
- 45.31 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Minerals Technologies Inc
- Operator
- Specialty Minerals Inc
- Mine
- 1900035
Narrative
While unplugging a mill circuit, the miner removed a guard, and the motor belt contacted miner's right thumb and severed it at the knuckle.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown