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POWERED HAULAGE

220011620014 · 02/14/2001 · Lehigh Portland Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
NECK
Days lost
200
Mine experience
36 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Mine
1800017

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND BEGAN MISSING TIME FROM WORK ON 2-19-01, SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS OF UNKNOWN CAUSE. MEDICAL TESTS OVE SEVERAL MONTHS BY NUMEROUS SPECIALISTS DIAGNOSE D NERVE DAMAGE IN NECK. INJURY ATTRIBUTED TO STRONG JOSTLING IN FRONT END LOADER WHEN LOADING ROCK 4 DAYS BEFORE HOSPITALIZATION. NO COLLISION, JUST ROUGH OPERATION OF OPERATOR.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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