HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at KOSMOS CEMENT CO.
Start: 02/14/2017

220170530014 · 02/14/2017 · KOSMOS CEMENT CO.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 344
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cemex S A
Operator: KOSMOS CEMENT CO.
Mine: 1504469

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH TO DEMO STEEL LINERS OUT OF CHUTE. ONE OF THE LINERS WAS UNKNOWINGLY LOOSE AND WHILE PRYING ON THE LINER THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED CUTTING, THE LOOSE LINER ON THE ADJACENT WALL TIPPED OVER SMASHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO.

Source

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