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220102430016 · 08/20/2010 · Spring Creek Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Bodily reaction, NEC
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Bulldozer
Injury source
BODILY MOTION
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
NECK
Days lost
92
Mine experience
4.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
Operator
Spring Creek Coal LLC
Mine
2401457

Narrative

Employee stopped dozer to look behind when his neck popped. He could not turn head to side afterward. The mine believes due to no noted mechanism of injury that this is not work related. Potential causal factors found include employee having a metal plate in his neck from a previous non-work related event, and that he was ""breaking a philly"" the previous day.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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