HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Gerken Materials Inc
Start: 11/05/2019

220193120012 · 11/05/2019 · Gerken Materials Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 18
Mine experience: 1.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
Operator: Gerken Materials Inc
Mine: 2002344

Narrative

Employee stated that the guard from the dredge winch was removed to replace the cable, at some point the cable started to slide off the deck into the water and EE jumped over the guard to stop it and cut the back of EE's leg on the guard.

Source

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