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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220231740012 · 06/22/2023 · Thiele Kaolin Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Vacuum filter operator, Flotation mill/Concentrator operator, Flotation plant operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
J Eric Tillirson
Operator
Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine
0900337

Narrative

Employee was a washing a filter with a high pressure water hose when the hose came loose. Employee reached to turn the water valve off with right hand and the hose came out of left hand, whipped and pinched the right pinky finger causing a lacerations.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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