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POWERED HAULAGE

220020220067 · 01/15/2002 · Solomons Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR 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
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
American Metals & Coal International Inc
Operator
Solomons Mining Company
Mine
1517003

Narrative

WHILE LOADING WITH 992G IN STRIP PIT, A ROCK ROLLED OUT OF THE SHOT BEHIND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, CAUSING THE LOADER TO RAISE UP AND TILT TO THE LEFT. TO KEEP THE LOADER FROM TURNING OVER, HE D ROPPED HIS BUCKET TO THE GROUND. THE SUDDEN SHIFTING OF THE LOADER FROM SIDE TO SIDE CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CAB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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