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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220172050040 · 07/21/2017 · Boxley Materials Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
DISLOCATION
Body part
ELBOW
Days lost
234
Mine experience
0.58 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Summit Materials LLC
Operator
Boxley Materials Company
Mine
4406897

Narrative

Miner was helping to change the attachment on the excavator from a hammer to a bucket. As the miner tried to loosen the nut with a wrench, EE propped foot on the attachment for leverage. When the nut broke loose, the miner fell to the ground, landing on EE's elbow. The miner suffered a dislocated elbow.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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