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220001580010 · 05/19/2000 · Mullite Company Of America

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Bodily reaction, NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BODILY MOTION
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
10
Mine experience
15.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB)
Operator
Mullite Company Of America
Mine
0900188

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE LINER IN A BATCH MILLWHILE SITTING WITH HIS LEFT FOOT UNDER HIS BODY HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP VERY QUICKLY WHEN HE FELT A ""POP"" IN HIS LEFT KNEE. AFTER MRI HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TEAR IN HIS MEDIAL MENISCUS WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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