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POWERED HAULAGE
220261750006 · 06/22/2026 · Thiele Kaolin Company
Details
Degree of injury DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation Bagging, Package operator
Activity Handling supplies or material
Injury source FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost 0
Mine experience 0.81 years
Operator
Controller (parent) J Eric Tillirson
Operator Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine 0900901
Narrative Employee was holding the corner strap on a metric ton bag to assist the forklift operator with picking up the bag when their finger was caught between the strap and fork.
Source
Authoritative MSHA Open Government Data
Machine JSON-LD · Markdown
MSHA mine accident data · MORVS CC0 1.0