HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Magnesita Refractories Company
Start: 04/11/2018

220181090007 · 04/11/2018 · Magnesita Refractories Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source: FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Magnesita Refratarios SA
Operator: Magnesita Refractories Company
Mine: 3600009

Narrative

Maintenance employees were changing the tail pulley on #1549 conveyor in Feed End Building. The work involved removing the old pulley and installing the new pulley on the conveyor. The employee was kneeling, tightening the components of the conveyor. When the employee stood up, employee felt sharp pain in EE's back.

Source

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