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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220130660035 · 10/09/2012 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Move power cable
Injury source
CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
86
Mine experience
4.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn
Operator
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine
1103147

Narrative

Employee was bending over to pick up the miner cable and water line, to hang it. As he bent over he felt a extreme pain in his lower back, shooting down his right leg. This employee kept working until he had surgery on 02/25/2013.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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