HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Mill Branch Coal Corporation
Start: 08/01/2000

220002170103 · 08/01/2000 · Mill Branch Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 49
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cumberland Resources Corporation
Operator: Mill Branch Coal Corporation
Mine: 4406861

Narrative

THE INJURED WAS HAULING SUPPLIES WITH A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP. HE STOPPED AND GET OUT OF THE SCOOP TO OPEN A SET OF DOORS. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE SCOOP DECK IT APPEARS THAT HE ACCIDENTLY STRU CK THE STEERING CONTROLS WHICH CAUSEN THE MACHINE TO PARTICULAR THE INJURED'S LEGS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE DOOR.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown