HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 10/31/2008

220083230062 · 10/31/2008 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 22
Mine experience: 5.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4606448

Narrative

EE stated as he was exiting the 463 bob cat, he felt a pain in his thoracic area of his back. He stated that he took some advil to relieve the pain, but after 2 hrs he states that it is feeling worse. He aslo stated that when he was moving scrap vessel chain around yesterday (10/30/08), he may have aggravated his back.

Source

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