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POWERED HAULAGE

220082600042 · 09/05/2008 · Jewett Mine LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Utility truck, Water trucks
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

Employee was operating a water truck. At 9:30 am, his left eye started irritating him & continued to worsen. He is unsure exactly when and what got into his eye. He was taken to a local ER & treated for a foreign body in his eye. His eye was rinsed and an antibiotic ointment was put on his eye as part of the treatment.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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