POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Kanawha River Terminals
Start: 04/04/2009

220090990026 · 04/04/2009 · Kanawha River Terminals

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Observe operations
Injury source: STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Traxys North America LLC; Pegasus Capital Advisors LP
Operator: Kanawha River Terminals
Mine: 4609051

Narrative

Employee was standing inside locomotive preparing to dismount when a faulty air valve on one of the railcars caused the train to enter emergency mode and stop. This unexpected stopping motion caused the employee to fall inside the locomotive and hit his head. Doctor put employee off for two days.

Source

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