HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Start: 04/07/2015

220151110006 · 04/07/2015 · Brooks Run South Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BAGS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 6
Mine experience: 0.27 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Mine: 4608829

Narrative

EE was cleaning top of power center. He picked up a bag of rock dust & twisted to his right to drop it on the ground & felt a sharp pain in right side of lower back. He went to the foreman & stated ""I may have hurt my back."" Foreman asked if he needed to go outside. He said ""No, I'll be OK."" He completed his shift. He went to the hospital the following day due to pain.

Source

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