POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Premier Silica LLC
Start: 10/21/2004

220043130136 · 10/21/2004 · Premier Silica 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: Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 17
Mine experience: 4.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Oglebay Norton Company
Operator: Premier Silica LLC
Mine: 0402801

Narrative

MINER WAS OPERATING A CAT SCRAPER. HE WAS THE REAR SCRAPER PUSHING ANOTHER SCRAPER IN FRONT OF HIM. CONDITIONS WERE VERY WET & MUDDY. FRONT SCRAPER BECAME BOGGED DOWN IN MUD. DOZER OPERATOR CAME OVER TO PUSH REAR SCRAPER CAUSING PUSH BLOCK TO RIDE OVER FRONT SCRAPERS PUSH BLOCK. WHEN FRONT SCRAPER GAINED TRACTION, REAR SCRAPER FELL BACK TO THE GROUND.

Source

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