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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
220140210063 · 01/11/2014 · Lafarge Midwest
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- Classification
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- Accident type
- Over-exertion in lifting objects
- Occupation
- Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- Activity
- Hand tools (not powered)
- Injury source
- AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- Nature of injury
- SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- Body part
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- Days lost
- 0
- Mine experience
- 3.69 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Lafarge S A
- Operator
- Lafarge Midwest
- Mine
- 1100786
Narrative
Employee strained his lower back while swinging a sledge hammer in a crouched position, when he missed his target impact point.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown