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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220042010017 · 07/05/2004 · Cemex de Puerto Rico

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Safety director
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.88 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cemex S A
Operator
Cemex de Puerto Rico
Mine
5400001

Narrative

Employee was holding a steel bar while a coworker hit it with a sledgehammer. During one of the swings the sledgehammer did not hit the rod dead center and bounced of the rod hitting him above his lips.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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