HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at BHP Navajo Coal Company
Start: 10/19/2001

220013510001 · 10/19/2001 · BHP Navajo Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 3.28 years

Operator

Controller (parent): BHP Billiton
Operator: BHP Navajo Coal Company
Mine: 2900097

Narrative

ON OCT.19,2001, EE WAS INSPECTING THE LUBE SYSTEM ON DRE8750 DRAGLINE. EE FELT AND HEARD A POP ON THE INSIDE OF HIS L. KNEE. EE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER HIS KNEE BEGAN TO FEEL STIFF. ON NOV.30,2001, EEHAD SURGERY FOR A TORN CARTILAGE IN HIS L. KNEE.

Source

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