HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Dominion Coal Corporation
Start: 07/26/2004

220042120066 · 07/26/2004 · Dominion Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Timbering, Build cribs
Injury source: POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 6.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sunoco, Inc.
Operator: Dominion Coal Corporation
Mine: 4406759

Narrative

THE SECTION IS PILLARING AND THE EE HAD CUT SOME TIMBERS FOR A BREAKER LINE. AS HE WAS THROWING THE TIMBERS OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET ONTO THE RIB IN THE NO. 1 HEADING, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE STATED HE TWISTED HIS BODY WHEN HE THREW THE TIMBER. THE TIMBER MEASURED APPROX. 56"" LONG X 4"" SQUARE.

Source

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