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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220092660027 · 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
Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
23.79 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
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