HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Valley Mining, Inc.
Start: 09/10/2004

220042960048 · 09/10/2004 · Valley Mining, Inc.

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: 1
Mine experience: 0.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Mary J Brown
Operator: Valley Mining, Inc.
Mine: 3303048

Narrative

His dozer was stuck in the mud so he got another operator on another dozer to help pull him out. He was pulling a cable by hand over rock, and mud trying to get it hooked onto his dozer. While bending and pulling the cable he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He didn't report it to his doctor for three days after the injury.

Source

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