HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Progress Coal
Start: 07/08/2008

220081960007 · 07/08/2008 · Progress Coal

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Progress Coal
Mine: 4608645

Narrative

Employee was using a steel bar trying to knock off a bearing on a swing motor shaft. The steel bar slipped from the employee's hands; as he went to bend down and catch the bar he felt a pain in his lower back.

Source

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