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MACHINERY

220021210017 · 04/22/2002 · Blue Mountain Energy Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Continuous miner
Injury source
SIDE OR RIB
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
LEG, NEC
Days lost
202
Mine experience
13.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative
Operator
Blue Mountain Energy Inc
Mine
0503505

Narrative

WHILE MINING IN THE COAL PILE BEHIND THE MINER IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP THE PILE, TRAMMING OVER THE LOOSE COAL THE MINER SLID TOWARD AND AGAINST THE OPERATOR, PINCHING HIM BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE COAL RIB. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE TREATMENT BEGAN FOR HIS INJURY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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