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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220011410110 · 05/13/2001 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
—
Mine experience
4.4 years

Operator

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

Narrative

THE EE HAD POSITIONED HIS FEET ON THE GRIZZLY BARS AND THE LOWER LIP OF THE COOLER DOOR FRAME, AND HIS BODY WAS UP AGAINST THE SOUTH WALL, IN ORDER TO USE A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEND A PIECE OF ST EEL. WHENT HE EE SWUNG THE SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE PIECE OF STEEL, THE SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED THE TARGET AND HIT THE INSTEP OF THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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