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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220141190040 · 03/18/2014 · River View Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Over-exertion NEC
Occupation
Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
91
Mine experience
4.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
River View Coal LLC
Mine
1519374

Narrative

Employee was connecting his jeep to a trash dumpster at the shaft bottom. He leaned over to place a chain through a clevis. As he stood up he felt a pain shoot through his lower back and down his legs. He continued to work until he started missing April 22, 2014 pending surgery for a bulging disk in his lower back.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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