HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lafarge Midwest Incorporated
Start: 01/21/2008

220080350023 · 01/21/2008 · Lafarge Midwest Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Pumper
Activity: Surface construction, NEC
Injury source: BRICK,CERAMIC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 13.88 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Midwest Incorporated
Mine: 1400073

Narrative

Installing brick (Kiln 1). When reaching for next brick, a brick fell from the pallet & landed on his left hand. He experienced pain & swelling in his left hand & was taken to dr. for x-ray. Dr. said there was no fracture & he received a tetanus shot due to a minor scrape on his hand. During follow up visit on 1/29/08, the dr. said it was fractured.

Source

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