HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Highland Mining Company LLC
Start: 03/22/2005

220050870082 · 03/22/2005 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 314
Mine experience: 2.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine: 1502709

Narrative

EE REPORTED: HIS JOB ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED THE USE OF A DBT BATTERY SCOOP. THE SCOOP HAD BEEN LEFT ON CHARGE BY THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. EE WAS STANDING ALONGSIDE THE MACHINE, REACHING OVER AND PULLING THE BATTERY CHARGER PLUG FROM THE BATTERY PLUG RECEPTACLE WHEN MUSCLE SPASMS WERE FELT IN HIS LOW BACK REGION.

Source

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