HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at McElroy Coal Company
Start: 06/23/2015

220151770023 · 06/23/2015 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Roof bolter helper, Rock bolter helper, Pinner helper
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: MINE RESCUE EQUIPMENT
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 57
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

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

Narrative

A fully trained miner was helping transport another employee on a stretcher and when he bent down to help lift the stretcher the employee heard a popping sound in his left knee and had a stinging sensation in his knee.

Source

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