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POWERED HAULAGE

220021430033 · 05/17/2002 · Oxbow 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
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
15
Mine experience
10.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Oxbow Carbon LLC
Operator
Oxbow Mining, LLC
Mine
0504674

Narrative

OPERATING 950 LOADER COMING DOWN FROM ELK CREEK MINE. APPLIED BRAKES AND THE ENGINE DIED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL ON STEEP GRAD, WENT OVER BERM, DOWN HILL TO CREEK BOTTOM. BROKE RIBS AND VERTEB RAE ON IMPACT. CLIMBED OUT OF CREEK BOTTOM, WALKED DOWN ROAD TO GET HELP.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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