POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Rinker Materials Western Inc.
Start: 08/31/2004

220042590015 · 08/31/2004 · Rinker Materials Western Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Fork lift
Injury source: FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury: UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rinker Group Ltd
Operator: Rinker Materials Western Inc.
Mine: 2902205

Narrative

On August 27, a section of rail was removed from the pallet storage area and backfilled. Rain caused the backfill to compact and subside forming a small pothole. Employee was carrying a finished pallet to the storage yard with a forklift and hit the pothole. This impact caused the forklift to ""buck"" violently hurting employee's neck.

Source

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