HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Start: 08/25/2002

220022380150 · 08/25/2002 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 26.32 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)
Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine: 3100084

Narrative

EES WERE INSTALLING TOGGLE BEAM IN HTE JAW CRUSHER, THE BEAM HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND ADJUSTMENTS WERE BEING MADE. THE BEAM IS HELD IN PLACE BY HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS. THE BEAM STOPPED MOVING AND E E WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF CLEARANCE WAS AVAILABLE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE CYLINDER WHEN THE BACK END BLEW APART SNAPPING THE CYLINDER FORWARD AND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CRUSHING THE END

Source

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