HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
Start: 03/17/2017

220170890006 · 03/17/2017 · Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: NONPOWRD VECH-DOLI,WHLBRW
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CRH PLC
Operator: Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
Mine: 2002595

Narrative

Two employees were hooking up to a portable hydraulic trailer. They found it to be about an inch short of sitting down in the hitch for a secure hookup. IE and the other employee decided to push it forward to finalize the hookup. It slid off the side and back on the block. The thumb was pinched between the tongue and the block. Employee had laceration and broken tip of thumb.

Source

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