HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bridger Coal Company
Start: 09/01/2018

220182910003 · 09/01/2018 · Bridger Coal Company

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: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 130
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
Operator: Bridger Coal Company
Mine: 4801646

Narrative

Employee was lifting a belt roller, the roller slipped and while catching the roller they felt pain in the shoulder and arm. Employee was referred to an orthopedic doctor and following an MRI review (09/18/2018) it was determined they required surgery (11/01/2018) for the injury.

Source

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