HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Ash Grove Cement Company
Start: 06/21/2000

220001930041 · 06/21/2000 · Ash Grove Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 29
Mine experience: 24.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ash Grove Cement Company
Operator: Ash Grove Cement Company
Mine: 4100026

Narrative

EE WAS IN THE COAL UNLOADING AREA. EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO OPEN DOOR LATCH ON COAL CAR. WHEN HE SWUNG THE SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE LATCH, HE MISSED THE LATCH AND THE WEIGHT OF THE HAMM ER TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown