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POWERED HAULAGE

220090160035 · 11/07/2008 · Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
29 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Imerys S A
Operator
Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
Mine
4503480

Narrative

Employee was driving scraper up to topsoil pile and hit several ruts that he didn't notice. This jarred the scraper and strained employee's back. Employee was put on Light Duty for 5 duty and then returned to previous job as Truck Driver.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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