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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220101890027 · 07/01/2010 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Drill operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
WRENCH
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
22.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Vulcan Materials Company
Operator
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine
4002722

Narrative

Injured employee was holding a hammer wrench on a jamb nut. The other employee struck the hammer wrench with a sledge hammer, the jamb nut broke free causing the hammer wrench to move suddenly. This caused his right index finger to be caught between the hammer wrench and the drill boom. Resulting in a laceration and broken right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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