HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Amrize Cement Inc.
Start: 05/12/2009

220091380056 · 05/12/2009 · Amrize Cement Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EAR(S) EXTERNAL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Holcim Ltd
Operator: Amrize Cement Inc.
Mine: 0500037

Narrative

EE was removing bags from main cooler bag house. The cage that the bag goes around is difficult to move so the EE was using an up/down motion to loosen the bag so it could be removed. Bags were being cut off the cage as they were being removed. While pulling up on cage the employee's ear went inside the grid of the cage & when he pulled up, the wire lacerated his ear(9 stitches)

Source

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