HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at The Quartz Corp USA
Start: 03/25/2022

220220940019 · 03/25/2022 · The Quartz Corp USA

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 5.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS
Operator: The Quartz Corp USA
Mine: 3100354

Narrative

2 miners were attempting to load a roll of plastic shrink wrap onto a stand. As miner #1 was removing the steel bar that holds the roll, miner #2 placed hand in the area of a pinch point to assist miner #1. Miner #1 lost the grip on the steel bar dropping it which cause an abrupt upward motion pinching the right index finger of miner #2.

Source

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