July 30, 1996
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Larco Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT HAD GONE BAD ON A CONVEYOR SYSTEM. EE WAS HOLDING A ROPE THAT WAS TIED TO THE MOTOR. WHEN THEY GOT THE MOTOR UNBOLTED FROM ITS FRAME, THEY STARTED S LIDING IT ONTO THE CATWALK. THE MOTOR STARTED SLIDING SO FAST THAT THE ROPE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKNE TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY XRAY HIS HAND AND PUT 10 STITCHES IN IT