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220203020025 · 10/15/2020 · Thiele Kaolin Company

Details

Degree of injury
INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
NEC
Occupation
Car trimmer, Car loader, Bin puller, Truck loader
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury
OTHER INJURY,NEC
Body part
HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost
5
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
J Eric Tillirson
Operator
Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine
0900901

Narrative

The employee was trying to loosen a manway bolt on a tankcar when they felt a sharp pain in groin area. The employee did not report the incident until 10/19/20 but did not request to see a doctor until the 20th. EE missed the first shift on 10/23/20 but there are conflicting diagnoses varying from a mass to a hernia.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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