MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Start: 08/21/2001

220012530008 · 08/21/2001 · Lehigh Portland Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Dryer operator, Kiln operator, Dry plant operator, Fluid operator, Bed dryer operator
Activity: Other, NEC
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 22
Mine experience: 11 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Mine: 1800017

Narrative

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING & CO-WORKER WAS FIRING AN 8-GAUGE INDUSTRIAL SHOTGUN. AS ONE OF THE SHELLS WAS FIRED, METAL FRAGMENTS OF THE CASING ESCAPED THE GUN'S BREECH & STRUCK THE LOADER IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THESE FRAGMENTS WERE EMBEDDED NEAR HIS MIDDLE FINGER KNUCKLE. THE SHELL WAS DEFECTIVE- AN UPSIDE-DOWN BASE WAS IS SUSPECTED.

Source

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