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POWERED HAULAGE

220181800016 · 06/26/2018 · Lehigh Cement Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Escaping a hazard
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
ELBOW
Days lost
0
Mine experience
18.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator
Lehigh Cement Company LLC
Mine
0100043

Narrative

Employee was going to bring the locomotive back into the plant. EE threw the wrong switch and was instead on the track that has a bump and stop. EE did not realize the mistake until EE looked up and saw the stop. EE decided to jump off instead of running into the stop EE was afraid that the locomotive was going to derail and crush EE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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