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POWERED HAULAGE

220122430019 · 08/20/2012 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
Activity
Mantrip
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
50
Mine experience
2.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine
1502709

Narrative

Stated: Employee was driving golf cart on travel road and ran over a butt off a timber. The butt lodged under the golf cart and in the road, causing the golf cart to swerve sideways and wreck. It threw him into a gob pile in a XC. He went to the ER and was diagnosed with left shoulder pain, low back pain and fracture of first left rib.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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