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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220011910103 · 06/20/2001 · Granite Construction Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
41
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Granite Construction Inc
Operator
Granite Construction Company
Mine
0403107

Narrative

EE WATCHING REMOVAL OF LIMBS FROM TREE. TRIMMING OF BUSHES AND TREES REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW PERIMETER FENCING. TREES HAD BEEN CUT AND WERE ON GROUND. FOREMAN EE WAS STANDING BY TREE TRUNK WATCHING THAT CUT LIMBS CAME FREE. AN OLD ABANDONED POWER POLE GUY WIRE WAS SNAGGED BY LIMBS PULLING THE RULES OVER CONTACTING FOREMAN EE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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