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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220103160020 · 11/05/2010 · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P.

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
NECK
Days lost
162
Mine experience
31.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Vulcan Materials Company
Operator
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P.
Mine
4003280

Narrative

Injured employee was accessing the operator's cab on a D9R dozer. As the employee opened the cab door, he stepped backwards missed step and fell onto the dozer's track below fracturing a vertebrae in his neck.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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