STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Name: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT at Turris Coal Company
Start: 08/27/2001

220012670112 · 08/27/2001 · Turris Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 7
Mine experience: 18.76 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator: Turris Coal Company
Mine: 1102664

Narrative

EE WAS WORKING ON BELT TAIL WHEN HE KNELT ON ROCK, NEXT DAY KNEE WAS SWOLLEN. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL DR. APPT. ON 9-6. AT THAT TIME FLUID WAS DRAINED AND PAIN WAS MINIMAL. HOWEVER THE KNEE BECAME INFECTED DUE TO TREATMENT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK FROM 9-10 UNTIL RETURNING WITH RESTRICTIONS ON 9-19.

Source

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