HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Ash Grove Cement Co
Start: 06/21/2013

220131920016 · 06/21/2013 · Ash Grove Cement Co

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ash Grove Cement Company
Operator: Ash Grove Cement Co
Mine: 3502970

Narrative

Employee was loading cement into rail cars; lifted top railcar lid and strained lower back. The lid was an older, heavy style lid and the employee was using improper body positioning / technique. The incident was initially treated with first aid until an off the job flare-up required chiropractic treatment on 7/8/2013

Source

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