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FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

220020430042 · 12/11/2001 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Occupation
Coal sampler
Activity
Enter/work in bins, Silos
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
Mine experience
1.8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)
Operator
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine
3100096

Narrative

INJURED WORKS FOR OTHER MINE- AS A QC TECH. ON THIS DAY HE WAS WITH A CONSULTANT AND WENT TO THE PIT TO INSPECT ROCK AT THE TOE OF A SLOPE ONA RECENT SHOT. A ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN ORANG E ROLLED DOWN SLOPE STRIKING SHOE THEN BOUNCED ONTO HIS SHIN CAUSING A SMALL CUT. INJURED HAD BEEN HAZARD TRAINED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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