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POWERED HAULAGE

220000730009 · 03/07/2000 · Kohler Pit Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Truck driver
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
Mine experience
0.75 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Catherine C Gumieny
Operator
Kohler Pit Inc
Mine
4700872

Narrative

EE AND COWORKER WERE REPLACING CATWALK BOARDS. EE WAS SITTING ON CONVEYOR #6 BELT. THIS CONVEYOR NOT LOCKED OUT, TAGGED OUT. CONVEYOR #6 WAS INADVERTENTLY ENERGIZED. AND EE WAS PULLED UP TO A BEWLT SUPPORT. THIS ACTION PULLED EE AROUND & THE SUPPORT HIT HIM IN THE BACK. STRAINING A PRE-EXISTING BACK CONDITION.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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