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MACHINERY
220172160013 · 07/31/2017 · Greer Limestone Company
Details
- Degree of injury
- NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Occupation
- Welder
- Activity
- Welding or cutting
- Injury source
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- Body part
- EAR(S) INTERNAL & HEARING
- Days lost
- 0
- Mine experience
- 23 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Greer Industries Inc
- Operator
- Greer Limestone Company
- Mine
- 4600016
Narrative
While cutting a Gradall shank with an oxygen acetylene torch, a piece of molten metal flew into the employees ear.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown