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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220182900020 · 10/16/2018 · RMR Aggregates, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
174
Mine experience
0.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
RMR Industrials Inc
Operator
RMR Aggregates, Inc.
Mine
0504954

Narrative

Injured Employee had driven a cold chisel into a gap on a mill journal to spread the pinch flange to remove a shaft from the journal. While attempting to remove the chisel from the gap it was dislodged and came free unexpectedly and with high force hitting ee in the tibia of right leg at about halfway down from the knee.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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