HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Specialty Minerals Inc
Start: 04/03/2002

220021540151 · 04/03/2002 · Specialty Minerals Inc

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: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BAGS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 16.86 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine: 0400219

Narrative

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT FOREARM WHILE LIFTING 100 LBS BAG OF PRODUCT ON 4-3-02. EE REPORTED INJURY ON 4-15 BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. ON 5-24-02, EE STATED INJURY WAS NOT GETTING BETTER. SENT EE TOMD WHO TREATED EE FOR RT FOREARM STRAIN. RELEASED EE TO MODIFIED DUTY WITH 20 LBS LIFTING RESTRICTION TO RIGHT ARM.

Source

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