MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 12/13/2006

220070220049 · 12/13/2006 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 2.67 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4606188

Narrative

Member was pushing refuse material with the dozer at the impoundment and he had pushed material from the belt to an area where the refuse material was being loaded out from ealier in the day. The area he was pushing to had a drop off of about 13' where he had pushed too far and the dozer went nose first, causing his face to make contact with radio, causing 2 teeth to dislodge.

Source

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