SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Black Hills Bentonite
Start: 10/21/2002

220023010096 · 10/21/2002 · Black Hills Bentonite

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from machine
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost: 9
Mine experience: 0.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Thomas A Thorson
Operator: Black Hills Bentonite
Mine: 4800617

Narrative

EE CLIMBED INTO THE FRONT END LOADER TO START AND WARM IT. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE LOADER SO HE CLIMBED OUT TO GET THEM. A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE CAB FROM THE CONTROL CONSOLE HAD SATURATED THE FLOOR AND WITH OIL ON HIS SHOES HE SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING THE STEPS AND PULLED HIS LOWER RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

Source

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