HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Thiele Kaolin Co.
Start: 10/15/2015

220152930010 · 10/15/2015 · Thiele Kaolin Co.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 1.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): J Eric Tillirson
Operator: Thiele Kaolin Co.
Mine: 0900151

Narrative

Injured Employee was pulling a 1-1/2in x 15ft.cable,4ft. to attach to the back draw bar of his dozer that was stuck. As he attached the cable to the draw bar, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.He continued operating the dozer until the end of the shift.

Source

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