HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Start: 01/18/2000

220000940052 · 01/18/2000 · Lehigh Portland Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BAGS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: ELBOW
Days lost: 1
Mine experience: 22 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Mine: 1800017

Narrative

INJURED SUFFERED STRAIN TO LEFT ELBOW WHEN HE TRIED TO REMOVE A DUST COLLECTOR BAG THAT WAS FULL OF MATERIAL; AND THEREFORE MUCH HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED. HE TRIED TO KEEP IT FROM SLIPPING FROM H IS GRASP, AND IN DOING SO, SUFFERED THE ELBOW INJURY. MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL EVENT, HE WAS REFERRED FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.

Source

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