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POWERED HAULAGE

220232430029 · 08/21/2023 · Lehigh Anthracite Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robindale Energy Services Inc
Operator
Lehigh Anthracite Coal, LLC
Mine
3601760

Narrative

Employee was moving material while operating wheel loader, drove over a pot hole, immediately applied foot brake causing loader to come to sudden stop. Employee felt a strain in lower back area and was taken to local Urgent Care for observation and diagnosed with strain of muscle to lower back and placed on light duty.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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