NOT SURE OF EXACT CAUSE THINKS PULLING ON METAL, FLAT BAR, IN STORAGE RACK, PULLING, MOVING OTHERS TO GET DESIRED PIECE OUT OF RACK NO PAIN UNTIL NEXT DAY SLIGHT. ON 2ND DAYS 3-1-01, FELT PAIN AND STAYED OFF WORK TO REST.
CERTAINTEEDMetal/Nonmetal
Certain Teed Corp · Facility
Controlled by Saint-Gobain
Sacramento County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404692
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Feb 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2001 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
2000 · 4 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
SHOVELING WET GRANULES FROM HOPPER, THROWING MATERIAL OVERHEAD OUT OF HOPPER. HERNIA, LEFT GROIN, POSSIBLE RIGHT GROIN.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING FROM WORK SITE TO SHOP. DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING HIT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. EYE FELT IRRITATED AT 6:00PM DROVE HOME IN A OPEN TOP BRONCO. EYE FELT BURNING. FLUSH WITH WATE R AND SALINE AT HOME. WORKED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EYE STILL IRRITATED WENT TO DR ON 7-12 FOUND PARTICLE OF METAL AND REMOVED.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING 50 BAGS OF MATERIAL TO MAKE BATCHES OF PAIN. BACK PAIN/STRAIN OF LOWER RIGHT BACK.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING UP STAIRS AT NORMAL PACE, USING HANDRAILS, NO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PUT LEFT FOOT DOWN, FELT SHARP PAIN AND COULDN'T PUT WEIGHT ON LEG. WHEN IT CONTINUED TO BE PAINFUL, WENT TO DR. LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.