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POWERED HAULAGE

220000950014 · 03/17/2000 · Twin Star Mining Corp

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
3
Mine experience
0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Milford T Compton
Operator
Twin Star Mining Corp
Mine
1516916

Narrative

SUBJECT WAS TAKING A FLATCAR (SUPPLY CAR) OF BLOCKS TO 003 SECTION. WHEN GOING ALONG #4 BELT, IN BY HALFWAY POWER CENTER, THE MOTOR STARTED SLIDING. SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKE, WHILE DROPPING SAND. THEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL BY REVERSING THE MOTOR. HE COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL SO HE JUMPED OFF THE MOTOR, RUNNING ALONGSIDE OF THE TRACK, STRIKING A TIMBER.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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