HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at W.W.C., Inc.
Start: 01/10/2002

220020310043 · 01/10/2002 · W.W.C., Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BARRELS,KEGS,DRUMS
Nature of injury: HERNIA;RUPTURE
Body part: HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost: 212
Mine experience: 0.42 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Paul Wood
Operator: W.W.C., Inc.
Mine: 2902228

Narrative

THE EMPLOYEE GOT OFF THE FRONT-END LOADER HE WAS OPERATING TO HELP ANOTHER WORKER LIFT A 55 GAL DRUM FILLED WITH TRASH THAT WEIGHED IN ESCESS OF 100 LBS. AS THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED, HE SUDDENLY FE LT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN. THE EE WAS NOT SEEN AND TREATED BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL UNTIL OVER A WEEK LATER ON JAN 19TH, 2002. APPARENTLY THE STRAINING CAUSED THE VEINS IN TH

Source

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