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POWERED HAULAGE

220140800022 · 03/16/2014 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Apprentice, Trainee
Activity
Mantrip
Injury source
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
NECK
Days lost
122
Mine experience
2.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
McElroy Coal Company
Mine
4601437

Narrative

He was a passenger in an enclosed diesel mantrip. He was wearing all of his personal protective equipment. The mantrip operator intentionally drove into a track switch to enter the switch, the mantrip climbed the rail and went off track causing the injured to hit his hardhat on the roof causing pain in his neck and back. The operator's training was current.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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