HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Covia Specialty Minerals, Inc.
Start: 05/14/2026

220261400007 · 05/14/2026 · Covia Specialty Minerals, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Covia Holdings LLC
Operator: Covia Specialty Minerals, Inc.
Mine: 1101981

Narrative

Employee was replacing the cutting edge of a loader when the carriage bolt dropped down from its mounting slot, causing the bolt to spin and cut through EE's glove, causing a quarter inch deep laceration, about 2 inches long, in the palm of EE's left hand

Source

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