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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220040480049 · 02/02/2004 · CalPortland Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost
14
Mine experience
2.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Taiheiyo Cement Corp
Operator
CalPortland Company
Mine
4503374

Narrative

HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE SOME ROCKS THAT HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE FLY WHEEL OF THE JAW CRUSHER. WHEN HE MOVED A ROCK ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND PINNING IT TO THE FRAME AND BREAKING HIS MI DDLE FINGER. THERE WAS ALSO A LACERATION TO THE HAND THAT REQUIRED SOME STITCHES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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