MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Little Sandy Coal Company Inc
Start: 01/31/2002

220020420171 · 01/31/2002 · Little Sandy Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Grader operator, Roadgrader operator
Activity: Grader
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 1
Mine experience: 0.26 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Don Foertsch
Operator: Little Sandy Coal Company Inc
Mine: 1201590

Narrative

WHILE OPERATING MOTORGRADER, GRADING THE HAULAGEROAD, THE GRADER BLADE ABRUPTLY SNAGGED A LARGE BOULDER OBSTRUCTED IN THE HAULROAD SUBSURFACE CAUSING THE MOTORGRADER'S BLADE CONTROL LEVER TO K ICK BACK AND TWIST THE OPERATOR'S LEFT WRIST ANDCAUSE THE MOTORGRADER TO HALT.

Source

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