POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Start: 02/27/2002

220020980029 · 02/27/2002 · Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Occupation: Blaster, Shooter, Shotfirer, Explosive worker, Powder gang/monkey
Activity: Supervise
Injury source: MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 173
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Mine: 1800010

Narrative

LEAD BLASTER IN CHARGE ON TOP OF TRUCK TO MONITOR FILLING OF STICK MAKING BIN. HE DIRECTED OPERATOR TO MOVE BOOM IN HIS DIRECTION. BOOM SWUNG RAPIDLY WITH INITIAL APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRES SURE AND STRUCK BLASTER IN CHEST, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK. BLASTER FELL 11 1/2' TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN CLAVICLE, CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND FOREHEAD.

Source

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