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POWERED HAULAGE

220092940011 · 10/14/2009 · Granite Rock Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Assistant mine foreman, Assistant mine manager
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
ANKLE
Days lost
9
Mine experience
10 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Bruce W Woolpert
Operator
Granite Rock Company
Mine
0401782

Narrative

As operator approached 5' to 6' pile, his loader was on an incline with bucket full of sand. As he put loader in reverse, a clump of material came off the top of the bucket and shattered the windshield. Loader tipped slightly backward and sand in bucket came into cab, crushing console and steering wheel. Employee sustained cut on right arm and fracture/bone chip in right ankle.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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