HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Start: 01/29/2016

220160400016 · 01/29/2016 · U.S. Silica Company, LLC

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 load, Hand shoveling
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 14.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USS Holdings Inc
Operator: U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Mine: 4402829

Narrative

On 1/15/16 EE was helping install a return roller. EE crawled under the conveyor and turned to push up on the roller. When EE turned EE felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back. EE reported it to EE's supervisor. EE had no further complaints of pain until 1/29/16 which followed shoveling spillage on 1/28/16. EE was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a lumbar sprain on 1/29/16.

Source

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