HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Maple Creek Mining Incorporated
Start: 06/05/2002

220021750051 · 06/05/2002 · Maple Creek Mining Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 77
Mine experience: 30 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: Maple Creek Mining Incorporated
Mine: 3600970

Narrative

EE WAS WORKING AS LONGWALL SHEAR OPERATOR. SOME LARGE PIECES OF ROCK HAD FALLEN OUT & INTO THE FACE CONVEYOR. EE WAS USING AN 8 LB SLEDGE TO BREAK THE ROCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOUL DER. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-17-02 AT WHICH TIME HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Source

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