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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220092460010 · 08/27/2009 · Luminant Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Energy Future Holdings Corporation
Operator
Luminant Mining Company LLC
Mine
4102632

Narrative

Employee was assisting with removing old teeth on the shovel bucket. When a fellow employee tapped on one of the teeth with a sledge hammer, a sliver of metal came off the tooth and struck employee in the left forearm requiring stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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