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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220002020001 · 07/11/2000 · Kosmos Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
FACE,NEC
Days lost
Mine experience
0.17 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Southdown Inc
Operator
Kosmos Cement Company
Mine
1503160

Narrative

THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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