HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Start: 04/15/2007

220071070040 · 04/15/2007 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: THIGH/FEMUR
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 0.88 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Mine: 3800305

Narrative

Technician was straightening fender on d-11 using 20 lb sledge hammer. As technicim was making a downward blow w/hammer. the head struck the suppressiom system on the d-11 caught the handle to come toward the technicion. The end of the handle struck the left inner thigh area between the groin and knee cap, resulting in severe contusion.

Source

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