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MACHINERY

220052710022 · 09/21/2005 · Black Hills Bentonite

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
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
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
1
Mine experience
1.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Thomas A Thorson
Operator
Black Hills Bentonite
Mine
4800954

Narrative

While running a push-pull scraper operation in pit, the operator of the pull scraper pulled up a rock that the push scraper hit, causing the operator of the push scraper to be bounced, hitting his head on the roof of the machine.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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