HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
Start: 04/09/2003

220031070004 · 04/09/2003 · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 19.96 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
Operator: Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
Mine: 4102781

Narrative

EE HAD EXITED THE ELEVATOR ON THE GROUND FLOOR & WAS CLOSING THE ELEVATOR DOORS BY PULLING DOWN ON A 2' LONG NYLON STRAP ATTACHED TO THE TOP HALF OF THE 2-PART DOOR. HE GRABBED THE END OF THE STRAP W/HIS RT HAND & PULLED DOWN HARD. DOOR HAD BEEN LUBRICATED EARLIER THAT DAY & WAS SLIDING MORE EASILY THAN NORMAL. THE DOORS CLOSED QUICKLY & HIS RT HAND MUST'VE SWUNG BTWN THE DOOR EDGE

Source

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