HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Williamson County Highway Department
Start: 09/30/2006

220062850003 · 09/30/2006 · Williamson County Highway Department

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
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: SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 61
Mine experience: 11.25 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Williamson County-TN
Operator: Williamson County Highway Department
Mine: 4000130

Narrative

The injured employee was helping to clear material from a jam in the crusher. Co-worker (uninjured) pulled a large rock from the crusher, causing him to stumble backwards; he miss-handed the rock to the victim and the force of the rock stripped the skin and tissue off the side of his left hand and little finger.

Source

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