SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
Start: 01/23/2012

220120240021 · 01/23/2012 · Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from machine
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 6.44 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A
Operator: Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
Mine: 4503480

Narrative

Employee was tightening a bolt on a apron cylinder on a Cat 631 Scraper. This is a 5' cylinder. As the employee was pulling the wrench towards himself the 'bite' of the wrench slipped on the bolt, causing employee to fall backward about 5' onto the edge of an ecology (cement) block.

Source

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