SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co
Start: 01/21/2018

220180290008 · 01/21/2018 · Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation: Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 14 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Thomas A Thorson
Operator: Black Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co
Mine: 4800243

Narrative

The employee was performing the duties of sanding the railroad tracks to aid traction for both the loader and rail car traffic in the area. The employee slipped on the packed snow while walking and attempted to arrest the fall with their right hand, feeling a sharp pain. an x-ray confirmed that the right wrist had been fractured

Source

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