HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Essroc Cement Corp.
Start: 03/03/2014

220140710026 · 03/03/2014 · Essroc Cement Corp.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Hand tools (powered)
Injury source: DRIL-PRCUSV,HRD ROC,JKHMR
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 41.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Italcementi Spa
Operator: Essroc Cement Corp.
Mine: 3600190

Narrative

The employee was unplugging one of the feeders in 117 tunnel using a jackhammer. The employee was positioned on the feeder platform, and was placing the jackhammer bit above the vibrating feeder to break up frozen chunks of rock when he felt a pop in his lower back.

Source

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