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POWERED HAULAGE

220011760018 · 06/14/2001 · Marfork Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity
Load-haul-dump (UG)
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
Body part
BRAIN
Days lost
6
Mine experience
1.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Marfork Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4608315

Narrative

THE LEFT MINER CABLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM OF THE MINE AND THE MINE ROOF. EE AND SOME CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE BOOM DOWN ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE CABLE. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED BY HOOKING ONE END OF A CHAIN TO THE BOOM OF THE MINER & THE OTHER TO THE SCOOP BUCKET. WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED CHAIN BROKE RESULTING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET DROPPING, BOUNCING EE'S HEAD INTO CANOPY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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