EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING TEETH ON PINION GEAR OF SHREDDER WHEN GRINDING WHEEL JUMPED UP INTO THE WRIST AREA OF EMPLOYEE\S ARM. THE REASON IS UNCLEAR AS GRINDING WHEEL WAS NEW AND VIBRATING AS IF OUT OF BALANCE. WHEEL MUST HAVE HIT ANOTHER PART OF SHREDDER AND BOUNCED UP. THERE WERE 2 DEEP LACERATIONS. FIVE STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE WOUNDS.
White Marsh Metal/Non-Metal
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Baltimore County,
MD
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800080
MSHA record for White Marsh (mine ID 1800080). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Jul 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1985 · 1 incident
July 30, 1985
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
MACHINERY
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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