HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC
Start: 11/03/2011

220120270002 · 11/03/2011 · Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Unknown
Injury source: MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 162
Mine experience: 10.52 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC
Mine: 2400106

Narrative

Employee reported to former Savage Mine President on 10/13/11 that he was experiencing discomfort in his back and was seeking medical attention. No company incident report was filled out, but employee filed a claim with Montana Workman's Compensation. Denied dated 11/25/11. EE appealed again, on 1/20/12 WC accepting claim EE could aggravated degenerative disease at work.

Source

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