April 18, 2001
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Quarries LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object
SEVERAL WORKERS WERE REPLACING BLOW BARS IN A ROCK CRUSHER. THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE REPLACEMENT WAS BEING MADE. THE WORKERSHAD PERFORMED THE TASK SEVERAL TIMES & WERE HAVI NG NO PROBLEMS. THE PARTS INVOLVED ARE QUITE HEAVY & AKWARD. WHILE MANUEVERING THE PART, ONE OF THEM SIMPLY ROLLED ONTO INJURED'S FINGER, CRUSHING THE TIP.