HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Birch River Energy, LLC
Start: 04/02/2014

220141040030 · 04/02/2014 · Birch River Energy, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Grader operator, Roadgrader operator
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Birch River Energy, LLC
Mine: 4609036

Narrative

The employee was mounting the 16G motor grader, equipment #301. When the employee go to the 4th step from the ground, he experienced pain in his lower back. The employee finished this shift, but was unable to work his next 2 scheduled shifts.

Source

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