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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220172200009 · 08/01/2017 · Midwest Minerals LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall down stairs
Occupation
Weighman, Scale person
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
22
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
George E Nettels
Operator
Midwest Minerals LLC
Mine
1401648

Narrative

Employee was walking down the stairs which provide access to the front end loader and employee's foot slipped, causing employee to fall on employee's back. Employee has 4 non-displaced fractures of transverse processes, lumbar vertebra 1, 2, 3, 4.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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