HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at North Fork Coal Corporation
Start: 06/20/2012

220121840011 · 06/20/2012 · North Fork Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: WOOD ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 255
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: North Fork Coal Corporation
Mine: 1518340

Narrative

The employee was in the #6 entry when he attempted to push by hand, a wooden post on top of a Fletcher Mobile Roof Support. While pushing the wooden post the employee felt pain in his lower back.

Source

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