Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee had been working on an inclined screen, started walking down a flight of stairs and his hip started hurting.
Yard 78 - BloomfieldMetal/Nonmetal
VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Bloomfield, Greene County, IN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202260
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2003–2010
- Latest incident
- Jul 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2010 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was repositioning a portable generator on the dredge.
2003 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK THAT SURROUNDS SCREEN & ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 2"" SCREEN UP TO A CO-WORKER WHO WAS ON TOP OF SCREEN. WHILE LIFTING THE SCREEN, EE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE WAS SENT TO 1ST HEALTH CARE & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INGUINAL HERNIA.