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POWERED HAULAGE

220103510008 · 03/03/2010 · SCS Materials LP

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
167
Mine experience
1.58 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Eddie G Smith; Mark Buster
Operator
SCS Materials LP
Mine
3401950

Narrative

On 4/29/10 EE reported that back on 3/3/10 he was sweeping rocks off of the pit floor with the 988G loader he was operating when he caught the bucket on something solid causing a sudden stop of the loader. When this happened he said it felt like it ripped his insides. The accident was not reported to the supervisor until 4/29/10.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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