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220181380016 · 05/10/2018 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury
ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Bodily reaction, NEC
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Environmental tests or checks
Injury source
BODILY MOTION
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator
Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine
1900035

Narrative

Employee bent over to pick up an empty plastic bottle, 4 oz., that had dropped, and felt a sharp pain in the back. EE reported to the supervisor and went to an urgent care facility that took them out of work. Then EE went to preferred provider back specialist who said EE could work with restrictions and that the injury was not work related.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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