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POWERED HAULAGE

220042380024 · 08/13/2004 · Jacobs Ranch Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
RTZ-CRA Group
Operator
Jacobs Ranch Coal LLC
Mine
4800997

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE LEAD SCRAPER PUSHING THROUGH AN OVERBURDEN REGRADE AREA. THEY HAD FINISHED LOADING AND WERE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE FILL AREA TO BEGIN DUMPING THEIR LOADS. EMPLOYEE WAS BUMPED BY THE REAR SCRAPER AS THEY WERE COMING UNHOOKED. HE WAS LOOKING BACK TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE A ROCK IN HIS PATH. HE DROVE OVER THE ROCK WHICH IMPACTED HIS BACK.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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