HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.
Start: 04/28/2015

220151200027 · 04/28/2015 · Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Machinist
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 10.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.
Mine: 0404075

Narrative

Employee was pushing a toolbox onto a trailer, and was applying upward pressure to the handle when it broke, the employee's arms then continued in a upward motion at which point the employee's right forearm was sliced by the shorn retainer screw for the handle.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown