HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Start: 08/28/2001

220012500044 · 08/28/2001 · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Maxxam Inc
Operator: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Mine: 1600352

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN DISCHARGE CLARKSON VALVE ON NO. 2 PUMP OFF PUMP TO PRIME. THE FEED TANK VALVE WOULD NOT REOPEN, WHILE TAPPING ON THE VALVE EMPLOYEE SMASHED LEFT LITTLE FINGER B ETWEEN THE MAUL AND THE VALVE.

Source

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