HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Tilcon Connecticut Inc
Start: 03/10/2003

220030730012 · 03/10/2003 · Tilcon Connecticut Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 1
Mine experience: 5.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CRH PLC
Operator: Tilcon Connecticut Inc
Mine: 0600015

Narrative

EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING CONVEYER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHEN THE CONVEYER DROPPED ABOUT 6-12 INCHES STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEG ABOVE THE KNEE RESULTING IN A LACERATIONNEEDING MULTIPLE STITCHES.

Source

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