HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc
Start: 08/27/2009

220092530001 · 08/27/2009 · Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc

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: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Dow Chemical Company
Operator: Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc
Mine: 3301993

Narrative

Employee helped lift 80# bag from palletizer. Later, when exiting fork, he said he had pain in low back. Incident not reported earlier due to mis-information from employee and doctor whether he could perform regular job or not.

Source

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