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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220011270011 · 04/24/2001 · Mullite Company Of America

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck against stationary object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
—
Mine experience
10 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB)
Operator
Mullite Company Of America
Mine
0900188

Narrative

EE WAS MODIFYING ROTARY SCREENS ON A SPROUT VAUER WHEN HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. HE DID NOT PUT IT BACK ON. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE EE RAISED HIS HEAD AND STRUCK IT ON A IN-FEED CHUTE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN EIGHT STITCHES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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