HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Superior Silica Sands
Start: 02/05/2019

220190430019 · 02/05/2019 · Superior Silica Sands

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 349
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Insight Equity
Operator: Superior Silica Sands
Mine: 4703662

Narrative

The injured as removing a counter weight from a excavator after it was on the ground it appears the ground gave way because of ice and there was slack in the chains, as the weight tipped and chains tightened it broke a couple bolts and cylinder bracket and fell to ground

Source

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