HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Giant Cement Company
Start: 04/30/2025

220251280003 · 04/30/2025 · Giant Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
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: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 4.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Giant Cement Company
Mine: 3800007

Narrative

The employee was laying on grating reaching to install a bolt on the bearing housing, while a Johnson bar was leaning on a nearby handrail. Another employee leaned against the handrail which caused the Johnson bar to tip over and strike the employee on the head.

Source

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