HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Specialty Minerals Inc
Start: 10/12/2003

220032930128 · 10/12/2003 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BAGS
Nature of injury: HERNIA;RUPTURE
Body part: HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost: 42
Mine experience: 3.71 years

Operator

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

Narrative

ON 10/12/03, BETWEEN 3:00 & 11:30 P.M., EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 LB. BAGS OF GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE (LIMESTONE). HE AWOKE ON 10/13 WITH A PROTRUTION IN THE NAVEL AREA OF HIS STOMACH AND CAL LED HIS SUPERVISOR TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE DIDN'T STRAIN HIMSELF OR FEEL ANY PAIN ON 10/12. HE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED AN UMBILICAL HERNIA.

Source

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