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POWERED HAULAGE

220161030005 · 04/04/2016 · Granite Rock Co

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
6
Mine experience
0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Thomas H Squeri
Operator
Granite Rock Co
Mine
0400119

Narrative

Operator inadvertently lowered the loader bucket while approaching the Krupp Crusher feed hopper. The loader was too close to the hopper causing the loader boom to contact edge of hopper jarring the operator in the cab.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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