HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Start: 10/13/2020

220202940011 · 10/13/2020 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 165
Mine experience: 8.63 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Vulcan Materials Company
Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine: 1517332

Narrative

Employee was in the process of changing the hammer on the plant rock breaker. As the employee was lining up the bottom pin, the linkage block fell smashing left pinky and ring finger. This resulted in broken bones to both fingers.

Source

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