POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Start: 10/12/2001

220012950103 · 10/12/2001 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 35
Mine experience: 2.34 years

Operator

Controller (parent): NACCO Industries Inc
Operator: Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Mine: 2200690

Narrative

A 300 ' SECTION OF 6"" POLY PIPE WAS BEING TOWED AROUND A LEFT HAND TURN WITH A MINER ON THE GROUND, STANDING BETWEEN A BERM AND A CABLE TREE. WHILE MAKING THE TURN, THE PIPE FOLLOWED ALONG THE BERM UNTIL THE TENSION WAS SUCH THAT THE PIPE BEGAN TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE BERM. WHEN THE POLY PIPE CLEARED THE BERM, THE TENSION ON THE PIPE WAS RELEASED. PIPE HIT THE MINER BELOW LEFT KNEE

Source

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