SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Leatherwood Processing Company
Start: 03/25/2001

220010890046 · 03/25/2001 · Leatherwood Processing Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from ladders
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 61
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: Leatherwood Processing Company
Mine: 1516520

Narrative

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROUTE A 4"" WATER LINE TO A DIFFERENT POSITION. HE AND A FELLOW EE RAISED THE LINE ABOVE HEAD LEVEL. TENSION FROM A BOW IN THE LINE WHEN RELEASED CAUSED THE PERSON TO LOS B ALANCE AND HIS BACK STRUCK A SHARP METAL OBJECT RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE SPINAL COLUMN.

Source

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