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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220250760017 · 03/09/2025 · Imerys Perlite USA, Inc.

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
Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Imerys S A
Operator
Imerys Perlite USA, Inc.
Mine
2900248

Narrative

Employees were unclogging a baghouse and a hard hat fell into the screw at the bottom of the baghouse. The hard had was drawn into the screw and stopped at the rotary valve. They workers locked out the screw and valve and attempted to retrieve the hard had. When the hard hat came out, there was stored energy in the valve and it turned and caught the workers fingers.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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