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POWERED HAULAGE

220171010001 · 04/05/2017 · Frontier Coal Company, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James C Justice II
Operator
Frontier Coal Company, Inc.
Mine
4609227

Narrative

Was putting cable behind anchor. The shuttle car lost power. Went and put power back in, and the stop, start switch was stuck and the cable started taking up and hit employee on the back of the legs and flipped employee. Employee landed on left wrist and head bounced off the bottom of the mine floor.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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