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MACHINERY

220010640142 · 02/12/2001 · The Monarch Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Carpenter
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
6
Mine experience
0.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Monarch Cement Company
Operator
The Monarch Cement Company
Mine
1400124

Narrative

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TURNING CHUCK KEY ON THE MAY DRILL WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE DRILL WITH THE KNEE/ LEG. THIS ACTIVATED THE DRILL, CAUSING ARM TO TWIST AND CATCHING HIS GLOVE IN THE CHUC K KEY CHAIN. EMPLOYEE HAD NOT UNPLUGGED EQUIPMENT BEFORE REPLACING DRILL BIT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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