MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Colony Bay Coal Company
Start: 04/04/2002

220021480140 · 04/04/2002 · Colony Bay Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 137
Mine experience: 0.86 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Colony Bay Coal Company
Mine: 4606272

Narrative

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE PUSHING A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY (A SHORT AREA) THE BLADE OF THE #103 D11R DOZER SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROCK HE WAS PUSHING. THIS THREW HIM SIDEW AYS IN THE SEAT, CAUSING PAIN AND TWISTING HIS BACK. HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 5-21-02, PAIN IN BACK.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown