HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at United States Gypsum Company
Start: 09/18/2009

220092660025 · 09/18/2009 · United States Gypsum Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity: Supervise
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 19.33 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USG Corporation
Operator: United States Gypsum Company
Mine: 3400266

Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to free a loader bucket tooth that was stuck. Pieces of metal broke off the tooth when struck by the hammer and struck nearby employees. The employee using the hammer had a 3/16 inch metal shard lodge in his upper left arm, and a nearby observing employee had a 3/8 inch metal shard lodge in his right hand.

Source

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