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HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220042390059 · 08/16/2004 · Bledsoe Coal Corporation
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- Occupation
- Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- Activity
- Handling supplies or material
- Injury source
- CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- Nature of injury
- SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- Body part
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- Days lost
- 69
- Mine experience
- 6 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- James River Coal Company
- Operator
- Bledsoe Coal Corporation
- Mine
- 1511835
Narrative
Employee alleges he strained his back pulling on the chain to clean the metal magnet from the coal stockpile.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown