HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Panther Creek Mining LLC
Start: 05/14/2017

220171440027 · 05/14/2017 · Panther Creek Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: LW Propman, Propman helper, Move crew if LW, Move-up man, Jacksetter, Advanceman LW helper
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: 80
Mine experience: 10 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator: Panther Creek Mining LLC
Mine: 4605437

Narrative

Employee was walking from the head side to the tail side on the longwall face. EE noticed that there was a 2 foot piece of belt stuck between the #31 shield and #34 shield. The employee was cutting the belt in smaller pieces and moving it out of the walkway on the longwall face. In the process of pulling on a piece of belt the employee felt a pain in lower back.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown