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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220120110013 · 01/05/2012 · Long Branch Energy

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
90
Mine experience
0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Long Branch Energy Corporation
Operator
Long Branch Energy
Mine
4604955

Narrative

Employee was changing crawler take-up on Joy 14CM15 miner. The gathering head pan was chained up. He placed himself under the gathering head pan to push take-up in place with his feet. The chain broke causing him to be caught between the gathering pan and mine floor. He had fracture of nasal bone & 3 ribs, sprain of sacroiliac & pelvis, pneumothorax trauma & liver laceration.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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