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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220171250020 · 04/26/2017 · H-K Contractors Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
0
Mine experience
10 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
CRH PLC
Operator
H-K Contractors Inc
Mine
1001326

Narrative

Employee was preparing to replace some belting on the stacker. The conveyor needed to be rotated, so employee used a pry bar to rotate the pulley to get the belt seam off of a roller. The bar slipped off the tail pulley and jammed wrists from the shock load of slipping. This caused a contusion to the left wrist resulting in suspected fracture of capitate bone.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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