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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220180170006 · 01/16/2018 · Black Castle Mining Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
HERNIA;RUPTURE
Body part
ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Days lost
58
Mine experience
9 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Operator
Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
Mine
4607938

Narrative

Employee was lifting the door on loader to check the transmission fluid and as ee pulled the door, it got stuck causing to strain to open it. This resulted in a hernia.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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