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Case study · MSHA Record #220023180030

Shopman Repair Cars fatality

November 1, 2002 at 5:00 PM
PIERCE · Imc-Agrico · Polk County, FL
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING BAND SAW TO CUT NOTCH IN WOOD AND PLACED HIS HAND UNDER BLADE CAUSING SEVERE CUT TO HAND. (LT).
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Activity at time
Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part affected
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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