HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Start: 04/12/2013

220131360019 · 04/12/2013 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: JOINT,TENDON,MUSCL INFLAM
Body part: ELBOW
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 22.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Vulcan Materials Company
Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine: 1500087

Narrative

While using a cable to move a barge, the cable became hung on the barge. Employee used force trying to unhook cable from the barge. After the cable was re-spooled, employee reported pain in his elbow. He did not request to see a doctor until May 10th, 2013. He was diagnosed with inflammation of the elbow. This incident is being reported with 10 days of it becoming reportable.

Source

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