HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at TXI Operations LP
Start: 10/16/2007

220072980013 · 10/16/2007 · TXI Operations LP

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Texas Industries Inc
Operator: TXI Operations LP
Mine: 4104019

Narrative

Employee was changing paddles in the logwasher. He climbed out of the logwasher to shut off the air compressor. He then went to climb back into the logwasher when he felt a sharp pain in the middle of his back. It is suspected that the back strain happened prior to him climbing out of the logwasher when he was handling the log paddles which weigh 40-50 pds.

Source

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