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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220002210008 · 07/26/2000 · United States Gypsum Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
ELBOW
Days lost
—
Mine experience
14.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USG Corporation
Operator
United States Gypsum Company
Mine
3400266

Narrative

ON 5/25/00, EMPLOYEE REPORTS HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A SCRAPER SEAT. NO TREATMENT WAS RENDERED. THEN ON 7/26/00, HE REPORTS AGGRAVATING SAME ELBOW INJURY WHEN USING A SLEDGEHAMMER & ASKED TO SEE A DOCTOR. HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC ON 7/28; X-RAYS TAKEN WERE NEGATIVE. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY WAS PRESCRIBED AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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