HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Start: 10/23/2000

220003040085 · 10/23/2000 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Dyckerhoff & Heidelberger Zement Ag
Operator: Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Mine: 3000585

Narrative

THE EE WAS INSTALLING THE COVER ON THE #1 FINISH MILL JOURNAL AND WAS SWINGING THE SUSPENDED PIECE INTO PLACE, WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE MILL END BOLTS , CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Source

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