HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Start: 07/20/2000

220002930002 · 07/20/2000 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: JAW INCLUDE CHIN
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.26 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)
Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine: 4100998

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING BLASTING HOLES WITH ANFO FROM A CONVERTED READYMIX TRUCK. WHILE MONITORING THE FLOW OF ANFO DOWN THE CHUTE, THE SPRING LOADED CHUTE BECAME UNLATCHED AND PREMATURELY TRIED TO FOLD ITSELF UP. THE CHUTE HIT EMPLOYEE ON THELIP AND CHIN CUTTING HIM. STITCHES REQUIRED.

Source

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