Incident date: 2019-03-02
NAICS industry code: 325311

An employee was troubleshooting the starter and control system for the drive motor of the reclaim system s lump buster. While his left hand was in contact with the pulley drive system, the lump-buster turned on and his thumb was caught between the pulley and sheave and lacerated. The employee required surgery for tendon damage and injury to the knuckle joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate