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MACHINERY
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· 01/13/2006 · HMC Mining LLC
Details
Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Hand tools (powered)
Injury source
PLANTS,TREES,VEGETATION
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
NECK
Days lost
356
Mine experience
0.5 years
Operator
Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
HMC Mining LLC
Mine
4608895
Narrative
Cutting a tree down and there was a rotten tree above the one being cut down. The limbs of the two trees entangled and the one being cut down pulled the rotten tree down causing the rotten tree to strike employee in the spine area of the neck.
Source
Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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