← MSHA accidents
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220082000025 · 05/14/2008 · Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
Details
- Degree of injury
- DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- Occupation
- Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- Activity
- Machine maintenance
- Injury source
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- HERNIA;RUPTURE
- Body part
- HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- Days lost
- 29
- Mine experience
- 18.35 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Glencore International A G
- Operator
- Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
- Mine
- 4100906
Narrative
While replacing an angle valve, employee attempted to push valve into place by twisting and lifting it, strained his abdomen resulting in a hernia.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown