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POWERED HAULAGE

220170800013 · 03/08/2017 · York Building Products Co Inc

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
31
Mine experience
5.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert H Stewart III
Operator
York Building Products Co Inc
Mine
1800328

Narrative

Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to neutral to forward inadvertently. Sudden shift caused pain in lower back.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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