HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Decker Coal Company
Start: 11/23/2009

220093350023 · 11/23/2009 · Decker Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 160
Mine experience: 1.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ambre Energy Limited; Cloud Peak Energy
Operator: Decker Coal Company
Mine: 2400839

Narrative

Employee, a mechanic was removing a tie rod from a CH 150 coal hauler. While holding onto tie rod, another mechanic knocked tie rod loose injuring the back of the employee holding onto tie rod. The tie rod weight is about 50# and only one end was taken off truck.

Source

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