HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Great Northern Sand
Start: 04/20/2018

220181200042 · 04/20/2018 · Great Northern Sand

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: WRENCH
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 5.67 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Eagle Materials Inc
Operator: Great Northern Sand
Mine: 4703646

Narrative

The employee was cleaning a chute clogged with wet sand when the wrench ee was holding shifted suddenly. The wrench crushed ee's left thumb causing the bone to break between the two thumb joints.

Source

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