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HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220163000018 · 10/24/2016 · Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Over-exertion in lifting objects
- Occupation
- Miner, NEC
- Activity
- Handling supplies or material
- Injury source
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- Body part
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- Days lost
- 2
- Mine experience
- 9.92 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Westmoreland Coal Company
- Operator
- Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC
- Mine
- 2902170
Narrative
Employee felt a pop in lower back when employee and another miner were lifting a bottom roller up into position during a belt move.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown