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POWERED HAULAGE

220203020037 · 10/23/2020 · Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
5.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator
Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC
Mine
1200063

Narrative

At 11:00 am an operator was loading rocks into the haul truck. As the loader was lifting to dump into the truck the loader shifted causing a large rock to come back into the cab breaking through the front windshield. The rock and windshield landed on the employee's knee and hand. Employee has a fractured finger and needed stitches to close a laceration to the left ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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