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MACHINERY
220161230018 · 04/13/2016 · Alpha Coal West, Inc.
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Occupation
- Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- Activity
- Bulldozer
- Injury source
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- Body part
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- Days lost
- 14
- Mine experience
- 21 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- Operator
- Alpha Coal West, Inc.
- Mine
- 4801078
Narrative
Track dozer operator pushing down in the cast and was backing up over the coal rib which jarred the operator resulting in a back strain/sprain
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown