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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220073460040 · 11/26/2007 · Southern Products & Silica Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
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
3
Mine experience
7 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Marshall B Gilchrist
Operator
Southern Products & Silica Company Inc
Mine
3100718

Narrative

The lifting lug was only welded in one spot of the 6' X 12' X 1/4"" plate steel. This caused the plate steel to be too weak and unbalanced, therefore, it fell on EE when the forklift tried to move it. EE should have welded both sides of the plate steel. The steel plate weighed approx 500-700 lbs, causing EE lower back trauma.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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