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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220173330022 · 08/20/2017 · Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Over-exertion NEC
Occupation
Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
Activity
Walking, Running
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
185
Mine experience
11.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Hugh E Harvey
Operator
Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
Mine
2900170

Narrative

Employee was returning to lab after collecting a sample. As ee stepped off of concrete stair landing to ground, ee felt a pain in back of Right Knee. After several weeks of discomfort, employee had MRI that showed a need for surgery.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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