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MACHINERY

220251710029 · 06/13/2025 · WE Soda Alkali, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity
Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
43
Mine experience
3.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
WE Soda US LLC
Operator
WE Soda Alkali, LLC
Mine
4800152

Narrative

Employee was operating the shear cutting out the Headgate, when a rock the size of a baseball came out of the panline and hit them in the left knee.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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