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POWERED HAULAGE

220120030030 · 12/28/2011 · Black Hills Bentonite LLC

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
Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
125
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Thomas A Thorson
Operator
Black Hills Bentonite LLC
Mine
4800877

Narrative

The employee was involved in push-pull scraper operation. He was in 2nd scraper and hooked to 1st scraper with the bale. The 1st scraper moved forward causing the 2nd scraper to unhook which caused it to drop down hard, causing a trauma of compression to the center of lower back.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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