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POWERED HAULAGE

220223120022 · 10/31/2022 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Escaping a hazard
Injury source
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
LOWER EXTREMITIES,NEC
Days lost
126
Mine experience
0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
MDU Resources Group Inc
Operator
Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine
3503131

Narrative

Electrical Contractor (ID K893) on our mine site was operating a F-350 pickup ascending a haul road when the vehicle suffered a brake failure and began rolling backwards. Individual removed their seat belt and jumped from the moving vehicle resulting in left lower extremity being ""run over"" by the L front tire of the pickup as it rolled backwards.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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