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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220172010004 · 07/10/2017 · Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Cleanup man, Cleanup worker
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
243
Mine experience
0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Mosaic Company
Operator
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
Mine
0801117

Narrative

Employee ascended the stairs on a Komatsu500 loader. Employee was cleaning the loader. Employee PPE:boots,hi-vis,earplugs,hardhat,goggles,textured nitrile gloves. Task required a different implement. Employee said their goggles fogged when they reached for the handrails to descend,causing them to miss the rails and fall,resulting in broken vertebra,L5 and T12 rupture.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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