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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220122210029 · 07/30/2012 · Rio Grande Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation
Clerk, Timekeeper, Office worker, Director of sales
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
5
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Aurcana Corporation
Operator
Rio Grande Mining Company
Mine
4102905

Narrative

Employee was lifting about ten lbs. While setting it into a kubota RTV she felt pain in the lower back. The pain worsened through the night. She saw a physician the next day. She was diagnosed with muscle strains in the lower back.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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