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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220120870016 · 03/19/2012 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Occupation
Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity
Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
THIGH/FEMUR
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Metinvest B V
Operator
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine
4608878

Narrative

Employee was constructing a seal and while removing gob from a seal site a small (softball size) piece of gob rolled off a pile of gob approximately 24 inches and struck the employee on the thigh area causing a pulled hamstring.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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