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POWERED HAULAGE

220122440025 · 08/26/2012 · American Colloid Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
58
Mine experience
0.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Amcol International Corp
Operator
American Colloid Company
Mine
3200459

Narrative

The operator pulled into the mine and noticed that there was some spillage that needed to be cleaned up. He then parked the haul wagon, got into the loader and proceeded to clean the mess up. While cleaning the mess he noticed that he was getting closer to the haul wagon when he ran into it cause some damage to the cat walk and hand rail on the haul wagon and nothing on the loader.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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