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POWERED HAULAGE

220030240003 · 01/18/2003 · Jewett Mine 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
Utility truck, Water trucks
Injury source
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
91
Mine experience
15.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

EE WAS A PASSANGER IN A SHIFT CHANGE VAN THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN FROM AREA D AT THE END OF THE NIGHT SHIFT. THE VAN HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD, WHEN IT HIT GRAVEL, IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL OF WHICH WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE WERE (4) REPORTABLE INJURIES: 3 WORKERS FROM THE MINE AND 1 CONTRACT EE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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