HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Start: 11/15/2015

220153210024 · 11/15/2015 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Mine: 3000585

Narrative

The Employee was helping to install new gudgeon bolts on the 1143 screw. While doing so it is necessary to use the drive belts and pulleys to align the screw for bolt insertion. In the process of doing this the screw backlashed and employee's right hand pinky finger was caught between the belt and pulley tearing a gash in the tip, requiring stitches.

Source

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