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POWERED HAULAGE

220020640031 · 02/23/2002 · Jewett Mine LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
92
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

EE WAS STANDING ON THE RAIL ADJUSTING FACE CONVEYER ROLLERS. THE BUCKETWHEEL AND BELT WAGON STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE CUT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVED, EE'S RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A WHEEL OF THE HOPPER CAR. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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