HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Noranda Alumina LLC
Start: 05/19/2009

220091420005 · 05/19/2009 · Noranda Alumina LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
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: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 6.85 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Noranda Aluminum Company
Operator: Noranda Alumina LLC
Mine: 1600352

Narrative

Injured & another EE were changing valves on the bottom of the middle low pressure heaters. The middle valve is the one they were working on when the wedge that was being installed flew out and hit EE's head. He was wearing the proper PPE. He was taken to Medical dept. then to St. James Hospital. He received 12 stitches and returned to work with restrictions.

Source

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