HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Imerys Norfolk, Inc.
Start: 06/11/2021

220211950006 · 06/11/2021 · Imerys Norfolk, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
Activity: Supervise
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 22.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A
Operator: Imerys Norfolk, Inc.
Mine: 4405046

Narrative

We were dumping the grinding media balls (metal balls) out of the CF1 Ball Mill into barriers (constructed of 4x8 plywood, etc). One of the balls bounced out of the barriers, bounced up and hit a supervisor in the forehead. It caused a laceration that required 5 stitches.

Source

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