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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001080066 · 04/11/2000 · Kosmos Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.76 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Southdown Inc
Operator
Kosmos Cement Company
Mine
1504469

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 70 TON HYDRAULIC CRANE. HE HAD LOWERED THE BOOM TO STOW THE JIB AND GOT OUT OF THE CRANE CAB. WHILE THE RIGGERS WERE GETTING TOOLS TO REMOVE JIB, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE MULTI PART BLOCK AND REACHED UP. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM MAIN BLOCK HIS INDEX FINGER BECAME PINNED UNDER D RING ON JIB PIN, HE WAS USING A HAND HOLD. HE FRACTURED TIP OF BOTH BOTH FINGERS

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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