POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Start: 02/14/2002

220020570015 · 02/14/2002 · Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 216
Mine experience: 2.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Mine: 2401747

Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A 657 CATERPILLAR SCRAPER HAULING TOPSOIL TO A STORAGE PILE. WHILE TRAVELING W/A LOAD, HE HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE HAUL ROAD. SCRAPER SLID SIDEWAYS TIL IT HIT DRY MATERIAL. WHE N IT STRUCK DRY MATERIAL, THE SUDDEN TRANSFER OFENERGY PRODUCED A JERKING MOTION TO UPPER BODY OF OPERATOR RESULTING IN BACK PAIN. PAIN GOT WORSE & HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK STARTING 2/18/02.

Source

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