HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co
Start: 07/07/2000

220002200062 · 07/07/2000 · Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 29
Mine experience: 3.59 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Thomas A Thorson
Operator: Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co
Mine: 4800987

Narrative

EE WAS PRYING ON A RAILCAR GATE WITH A PRY BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED, ALLOWING HIS HAND TO BE STRUCK BY A SLEDGEHAMMER BEING SWUNG BY A COWORKER. EE DID REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL AFTER A RECENT XRAY REVEALED HE HAD BROKEN BONES IN HIS HAND THAT WERE ALREADY HEALING. HE HAS RECEIVED NO TREATMENT, JUST PAIN MEDICINE.

Source

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