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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220021120097 · 04/10/2002 · The Doe Run Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
37
Mine experience
5.42 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Renco Group
Operator
The Doe Run Company
Mine
2300457

Narrative

THE EE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF A SCALER WHEN LOOSE FELL ON THE END OF THE EXTENDED BOOM. THE CAB INSTANLY ""BOUNCED"" TWO OR THREE TIMES, THROWING THE EE AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE CAB, AND THEN AP PARENTLY ONTO THE GROUND. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. HE IS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF THERAPY FOR HIS STRAINED BACK, AT WHICH TIME, IT IS HOPEFUL THAT H

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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