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POWERED HAULAGE

220090140018 · 01/02/2009 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC

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
Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
6
Mine experience
0.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Arch Resources Inc
Operator
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Mine
4800977

Narrative

Employee was returning to regrade area with a loaded 657G Scraper to dump his load. As he entered the dump area he hit a bump that bounced him up against the seatbelt. As his body returned to the seat the scraper was bouncing up causing severe back pain.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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