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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220053290020 · 11/17/2005 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Clerk, Timekeeper, Office worker, Director of sales
Activity
Observe operations
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
107
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator
Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine
0600019

Narrative

Standing at the quarry edge next to the crusher watching blast in quarry with two contractors and the quarry supervisor, blast went bad. We ran, I fell trying to avoid flying rocks and landed in a truck tire rut. Injured back, legs, right arm, shoulder, knee, right eye and left abdominal pain.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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