HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Start: 05/22/2023

220231460017 · 05/22/2023 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Vulcan Materials Company
Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine: 3100087

Narrative

While switching plant over employee needed to use a come along to flip a gate, once the come along was grabbed the chain was knotted up. The employee hung the come along up to straighten the chain and get some slack in it, when EE pulled the slack the hook came free and struck employee in the mouth breaking one front tooth in half.

Source

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