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POWERED HAULAGE

220010680034 · 02/12/2001 · Bluffton Stone Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
29
Mine experience
1.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
Operator
Bluffton Stone Company
Mine
3300017

Narrative

HE PLACED HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY BETWEEN A MOVING LOADER AND STATIONARY FLAGSTONE CONVEYOR; LOADEROPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE AND HIT EXCELERATOR. THE LOADER LEAPT FORWARD, PINNING VICTIM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND LOADER.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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