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POWERED HAULAGE

220191700025 · 06/13/2019 · The Ohio County Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity
Load-haul-dump (UG)
Injury source
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
131
Mine experience
1.58 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert E Murray
Operator
The Ohio County Coal Company
Mine
4601436

Narrative

Employee was operating a scoop that had traveled over top of rock laying in tram road. When scoop came off of rock it bounced the operator in the operator's compartment causing EE to hit head on the top of the operator's compartment. Compliance with rules/reg, PPE, mining equipment/systems not a factor. Miner proficiency may be a factor.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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