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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220000690017 · 02/29/2000 · Howard Neal Coal Corp

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
1
Mine experience
24.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Barbara M Bearer
Operator
Howard Neal Coal Corp
Mine
3608176

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC PREPARE THE D11N TO WELD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HARD BAR. EE RAISED THE DOZER UP IN ORDER TO CRIB UP THE TRACK FRAME. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE DOZER CAB, FROM THE LEFT S IDE, EE SLIPPED, FALLING ONTO THE TRACK FRAME, HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE TILT CYLINDER, SUFFERING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD. THE SITE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY, TEMP. OF 25 DEGREES, GROUND FROZEN.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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