HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at United States Gypsum Company
Start: 10/16/2001

220013440048 · 10/16/2001 · United States Gypsum Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Hand load, Hand shoveling
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 25.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USG Corporation
Operator: United States Gypsum Company
Mine: 2000372

Narrative

ON 10-16-01 EE WAS SHOVELING FINES, THE NEXT DAYHE STATES THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE NEXT WEEK THE EE WAS ON VACATION WHEN HE REPORT- ED TO WORK TO PICK-UP HIS CHECK, HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE, BUT GETTING BETTER. WHENTHE EE RETURNED TO WORK ON 11-05-01, HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS BACK WAS STILL SORE. SAW A DR. RESTR

Source

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