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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220152710030 · 09/19/2015 · Hammett Gravel 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
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Harold P Hammett Jr; Heyward C Green
Operator
Hammett Gravel Company Inc
Mine
2200740

Narrative

Employee was changing teeth on backhoe bucket. He struck a tooth with a hammer to loosen it and a piece of steel broke off striking him in the forehead above his safety glasses. Small piece of steel lodged under skin. Went to ER where steel was removed and the wound glued shut. No lost time happened on Saturday just before plant shut down.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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