May 7, 2002
OH · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schiappa Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WENT INTO STORAGE TRAILER TO GET WIRE CLIPS TO FIX BROKEN HEADLIGHT ON ROCK TRUCK THAT HE WAS DRIVING. WHEN HE REACHED INTO THE METAL BOX THAT WAS UP ON A SHELF TO GET THE CLIP, HE DROPPED THE BOX THAT ALSO CONTAINED A TEST LIGHT. THE BOX WAS HEAVY, BENDING HIS WRIST & THUMB BACK & THE TEST LIGHT PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB & INDEX FINGER.