← MSHA accidents

MACHINERY

220143160076 · 11/11/2014 · Rock-It Natural Stone

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
LEG, NEC
Days lost
2
Mine experience
0.21 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Billy D Baldwin
Operator
Rock-It Natural Stone
Mine
3401856

Narrative

Worker was chopping a rock on the chopper when the rock shattered into several pieces failing to make a clean cut. One of the pieces fell from the chopper table striking the worker on the right leg as it fell. He was checked over by the ER doctor in Poteau and told to put no weight on the bruised and swollen leg for seven (7) days.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown