HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Start: 09/12/2014

220142650029 · 09/12/2014 · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Imerys S A
Operator: Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Mine: 3800052

Narrative

Employee was loading a bulk truck and the clay had backfilled into the discharge pipe. To free the discharge the employee had to lean over and apply extra force to maneuver the discharge pipe free. Upon doing this the employee felt as if something had slipped in his back or he pulled something.

Source

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