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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220151190021 · 04/23/2015 · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
40 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cemex S A
Operator
CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC
Mine
4100060

Narrative

Employees were closing bay doors to mobile equipment shop. One employee was inside pulling the door shut and another employee was outside pushing the door. The outside employee did not realize his finger was in the line of fire and overlapped into the inside of the door frame. Once the door reached the closed position the employee's finger was caught between the door frames.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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