Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Gypsum Company Duke Plant, 18972 Hwy 62, DUKE, OKLAHOMA 73532
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out a rock dump with an air lance when the air lance became caught in the rock agitator, pulling the employee's hand into a moving part. The employee suffered a laceration and dislocation to the right index finger. The agitator chute was not guarded at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAgitators, mixers-earth, mineral
Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212399). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
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