HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at U S Borax Inc
Start: 10/08/2018

220182820080 · 10/08/2018 · U S Borax Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.25 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: U S Borax Inc
Mine: 0400743

Narrative

An Operator was installing a bag/bladder in a trailer for dry bulk loading. The employee was hooking the bungee cord to the top of the trailer when it recoiled, striking the employee and causing a laceration that required stitches on the right eye brow.

Source

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