← MSHA accidents

MACHINERY

220143160037 · 11/03/2014 · Ash Grove Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Ash Grove Cement Company
Operator
Ash Grove Cement Company
Mine
0300256

Narrative

Employee guiding mixer unit slips down into tankers & agitates the load enabling pump out. Injury to right index, middle, ring & pointer finger. Smash with no broken bones. Faulty equipment design w/ no identified hand placement area & a floating cap on mixer is guided by 3 flat pieces of metal. Cap side loaded & entered into the tanker it jarred falling on employee's rt hand.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown