HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Start: 07/16/2002

220022030065 · 07/16/2002 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

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

Narrative

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE TENSIONING SPRING OF THE CLINKER CRANE TROLLEY BRAKE. WHILE MOVING THE TENSIONING SPRING OF THE CLINKER CRANE TROLLEY BRAKE, EE FAILED TO UNLOAD SPRING TENSION PRIO R TO REMOVING CRANE BRAKE SHOE. EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TENSION BAR, THE SPRING RELEASED AND CAUGHT EE'S RIGHT FOURTH FINGER BETWEEN THE SPRING AND THE ADJUSTING NUT, CAUSING U SHAPED LACERATION.

Source

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