HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mullite Company Of America
Start: 08/04/2008

220082600002 · 08/04/2008 · Mullite Company Of America

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Forklift operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BAGS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 30 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A
Operator: Mullite Company Of America
Mine: 0900339

Narrative

Employee was lifting a 100 pound bag of material off of a pallet, when he felt a pain in his left shoulder, which subsided and he finished his shift. Three weeks after the initial injury, the employee did not have any pain, but his shoulder was popping. An MRI revealed a tear of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.

Source

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