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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220221170038 · 04/20/2022 · Norlite

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Mason
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Tradebe Northeast LLC
Operator
Norlite
Mine
3000292

Narrative

Zampell employee was attempting to clean sensors on shotcrete machine, in order to do this, the lid must be fully extended and secured via the locking mechanism. The employee had not verified the locking mechanism was set and began to clean sensors. The lid came back down and hit the employee's finger causing a fracture and cut to the employee's index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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