HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Campbell County Highway Department
Start: 04/23/2019

220191190003 · 04/23/2019 · Campbell County Highway Department

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 1
Mine experience: 35 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Campbell County-TN
Operator: Campbell County Highway Department
Mine: 4000739

Narrative

EE was working in hopper & noticed the breaker had slipped. Went into electrical building & opened electrical box & noticed a fuse that was loose. EE smacked it w/hand & fire came out of box. EE thought EE had turned breaker off before EE touched it. EE also thought EE was fine, but looked down & saw blood dripping from arm. Had to go to ER & received 6 stitches in L arm.

Source

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