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MACHINERY

220002620179 · 08/30/2000 · Manalapan Mining Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity
Walking, Running
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
78
Mine experience
2.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Benjamin R. Bennett
Operator
Manalapan Mining Company Inc
Mine
1508293

Narrative

INJURED HAD EXITED THE DECK OF THE MOBILE BRIDGECONVEYOR HE WAS OPERATING TO RETRIEVE A CHAIN. AS HE WALKED TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE MBC, THE NEXT MBC INBY BEGAN TO BACK UP PUSHING INJURED'S M BC AGAINST THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE CATCHING THEINJURED'S LOWER LEGS BETWEEN THE MBC AND THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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