MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Start: 05/30/2009

220091610026 · 05/30/2009 · Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: OTHER INJURY,NEC
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 9
Mine experience: 5.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Mine: 2401747

Narrative

The employee was pushing dirt over a 20 ft. bank, and thought he had enough dirt in front of the dozer to drive off the embankment to a level below. There was not enough dirt in front of the dozer and it nose dived to the lower level, causing a whip lash effect to the employees neck.

Source

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