FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at American Rock Salt Company LLC
Start: 02/04/2015

220150400020 · 02/04/2015 · American Rock Salt Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Mechanical scaling worker
Activity: Bar down, Includes scaling
Injury source: MINERAL ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 43
Mine experience: 6.79 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Joseph G Bucci
Operator: American Rock Salt Company LLC
Mine: 3003255

Narrative

Employee was hand scaling ribs. When employee pried down a scale, the chunk of salt broke and split when it hit the floor. The broken chunk of salt rolled and hit the top of the employee's right foot. Salt chunk caused a fracture.

Source

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