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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220161530016 · 05/25/2016 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Vulcan Materials Company
Operator
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine
4003270

Narrative

Injured employee was working with another employee to put the tooth back onto the bucket of the PC600 excavator. Injured employee was holding the tooth into position, while the other employee hit the keeper pin with a sledge hammer. As the employee hit the keeper pin into position the hammer bounced off the keeper pin striking the employee's left hand mashing thumb

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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