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FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

220160080017 · 12/22/2015 · U.S. Silica Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Power shovel, Dragline
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
NECK
Days lost
0
Mine experience
17.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USS Holdings Inc
Operator
U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Mine
3603122

Narrative

Employee was using 385 excavator to pull down material from a 50 ft bench. A single 5-6 tn boulder which had been contained within the face of the material above, toppled off the top while the operator was swinging the excavator. The rock struck the tracks first, then upward into the front end of the cab. Case just became reportable when employee needed to seek physical therapy.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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