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POWERED HAULAGE

220070400047 · 02/05/2007 · Wildish Land Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
2
Mine experience
22 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Wildish Land Company
Operator
Wildish Land Company
Mine
3500515

Narrative

Coming down the 3/4-O ramp, the weight in the loader bucket caused the loader to light weight on the rear tires. The bottom of the bucket contacted the ground forcefully jolting the operator and he hit the left side of his head on the cab of the loader.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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