HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hanson Material Service
Start: 08/06/2007

220072210018 · 08/06/2007 · Hanson Material Service

Details

Degree of injury: ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source: ACIDS,ALKALI,WET CEMENT
Nature of injury: BURN,CHEMICL-FUME,COMPOUN
Body part: FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 4.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Hanson PLC
Operator: Hanson Material Service
Mine: 1100024

Narrative

The employee was tasked with performing the monthly fire extinguisher inspection. The employee was in a cab of a front end loader and dropped the extinguisher on the cab floor. As he retrieved the extinguisher he activated it and the dry chemical hit the cab floor and sprayed him in the face.

Source

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