HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Dixie Clay Company
Start: 11/07/2001

220020080024 · 11/07/2001 · Dixie Clay Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: WOOD ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 34
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): R T Vanderbilt Company Inc
Operator: Dixie Clay Company
Mine: 3800041

Narrative

EE WAS PREPARING TO LOAD A TRUCK. HE HAD THE FORKS TOO HIGH, WHICH CAUSED THE PORTABLE LOADING PLANK TO TIP OVER. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PLANK ON THE LEFT. HE GOT OFF OF THE FORK TO TRY TO LINE UP THE PLANT BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE TRUCK. THAT IS WHEN IT TIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSING A CONTUSION AND A CUT.

Source

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