HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Unimin Corporation
Start: 02/14/2003

220031180051 · 02/14/2003 · Unimin Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Dryer operator, Kiln operator, Dry plant operator, Fluid operator, Bed dryer operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 9.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent): S C R-Sibelco Nv
Operator: Unimin Corporation
Mine: 0401949

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING A MAINT MAN CHANGE A SCRAPER CUTTING EDGE. THE JACK USED TO LIFT THE EDGE DID NOT RAISE HIGH ENOUGH TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES. EE USED 4 BY 4 PIECE OF WOOD AND PLACED IT ON HE JACK STAND, THAN PLACED THE CUTTING EDGE ON TOP OF IT. BECAUSE THE EDGE/ WOOD WAS NOT SECURED OR CONTROLLED, IT SLIPPED AND SHIFTED CATCHING THE EE'SFOREARM BETWEEN CUTTING EDGE AND PADDLE.

Source

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