HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at White Buck Coal Company
Start: 04/27/2009

220091240055 · 04/27/2009 · White Buck Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 14
Mine experience: 0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: White Buck Coal Company
Mine: 4608365

Narrative

EE stated that he had climbed onto the miner to hang a reflector, as he was getting off the miner, he felt pain in his lower back. Note: EE stated that the pain started when he went from a standing position to kneeling, to get off miner.

Source

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