HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at U. S. Silica Company
Start: 01/14/2010

220100220020 · 01/14/2010 · U. S. Silica Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 131
Mine experience: 30.88 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USS Holdings Inc
Operator: U. S. Silica Company
Mine: 1101013

Narrative

While connecting two sections of 16"" plastic pipe together in the pit the pipe slipped off 6x6"" wooden blocks on which it was resting and landed on the employees left shin. The weight of the pipe caused both his fibula and tibia to fracture.

Source

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