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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220240080015 · 12/22/2023 · Beatrice Concrete Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Nebco Inc
Operator
Beatrice Concrete Company
Mine
2500008

Narrative

Employees were rotating the blow bars in the HSI. This requires hitting with blow bar wedges to loosen them up to remove the blow bar. While hitting the blow bar wedges with a hammer, the wedge came loose and hit injured employee's left middle finger and nail.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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