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POWERED HAULAGE

220021280004 · 03/11/2002 · Trans Alta Centralia Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
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
Mine experience
5.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Trans Alta Corp
Operator
Trans Alta Centralia Mining LLC
Mine
4500416

Narrative

EMPLOYEE HAS ONGOING PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM EXPOSURE AT THE MINE AND MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED ON 3/11/02. A MRI SHOWS DESSICATION (DEGENERATION) OF THE LUMBAR SPINE WITH DISC PROTRUSION. WE ARE REPORTING THIS AS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS DUE TO THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS DISEASE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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