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POWERED HAULAGE

220070540029 · 02/09/2007 · American Sandstone

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
19
Mine experience
8.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Blaser Aquisition Corporation
Operator
American Sandstone
Mine
0202746

Narrative

Employee was lifting large blocks of sandstone (several tons) with the forks of a front end loader. He sustained a back injury when a block broke and fell from the forks causing the loader to be abruptly bounced upward. Employee will be on restricted work until doctor's release.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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