MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 12/07/2012

220123490046 · 12/07/2012 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 126
Mine experience: 7.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4606448

Narrative

The dozer operator entered onto the clean coal stockpile in preparation to push coal to the number 325 feeder to load a train. The stockpile had a void over the feeder and the d-9 dozer that he was operating slid sideways into the void. The operator struck his head inside of the cab, this injury resulted in 4 staples on his head.

Source

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