Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Headwaters Resources, Inc.
Start: 6/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065767 · 6/23/2017 · Headwaters Resources, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Chutes

Employer

Name: Headwaters Resources, Inc.
Location: headwaters Resources, Inc., ACKERMAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39735
NAICS: 424990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air chisel to chisel coal ash from the inside of a chute when a piece of ash fell from the chute and struck the employee's left hand, causing a 3-inch laceration.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown