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220023500050 · 12/03/2002 · Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Unclassified, insufficient data
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
28
Mine experience
1.61 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
El Paso Energy Corp
Operator
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC
Mine
4607125

Narrative

EE STATES THAT WHILE PERFROMING NORMAL DUTIES HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE AND LOSS OF MOVEMENT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED EVENT TO CAUSE THE SYMPTOMS AND APPEARS THAT THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO REPEA TED TRAUMA OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING THE OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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