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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220130530025 · 02/19/2013 · Sherwood Construction Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Howard Sherwood
Operator
Sherwood Construction Company Inc
Mine
3401841

Narrative

The employee was removing steel anvils from a crusher ring using a #10 sledge hammer when the anvil shattered and a piece of it struck him in the forehead about an 1"" above the left eye. The employee nor the foreman working beside him were wearing their PPE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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