August 10, 1983
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Binger Quarry · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
CONVEYOR BELT WAS OVERLOADED WITH ROCK, AND THE BREAKER ON MOTOR HEATED UP AND STOPPED. THE ROCK WAS THEN CLEANED OFF OF BELT, EXCEPT FOR FEW FEET AND OPERATOR THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD RUN. IT RA N VERY SLOW, SO HE REACHED TO PULL ON V BELT, AND AT SAME TIME THE BREAKER THREW, AND SENT CONVEYOR BELT IN REVERSE, AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN V BELT & PULLEY. IT PULLED OFF HIS FINGE