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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220093380006 · 11/23/2009 · Quality Aggregates Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
2
Mine experience
10 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Joseph Aloe
Operator
Quality Aggregates Inc
Mine
3608093

Narrative

The employee was working on an excv. and was dismounting the equip. via a ladder. The employee had one foot on the ladder and one foot on the tracks. The ladder slipped away from him and he started to fall from the tracks. The foot that was on the tracks was ""caught"" in the tracks bolts momentairly. This caused a strain in his knee as he was falling.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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