HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Knife River - South Dakota
Start: 05/29/2005

220051610026 · 05/29/2005 · Knife River - South Dakota

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Gerald P Sweetman
Operator: Knife River - South Dakota
Mine: 3900008

Narrative

Employee checks pumps on weekends. Cart tipped down into water while greasing pump. Tried to keep cart from falling into water while at the same time adding rock for weight to tongue to prevent it from falling into water.

Source

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