HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at American Colloid Company Mineral Group
Start: 01/29/2007

220070300043 · 01/29/2007 · American Colloid Company Mineral Group

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 8
Mine experience: 28.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Amcol International Corp
Operator: American Colloid Company Mineral Group
Mine: 0100093

Narrative

On January 29, 2007 around 3:25 pm Loader operator noticed that one of the teeth on the front end loader's bucket was bent. He then took a hammer and tried to straighten the tooth when a piece of metal flew off the tooth and struck him in the right leg just to the left of the knee cap.

Source

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