Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP METAL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
#1 MineCoal
New Millennia Mining, L.L.C. · Surface
Controlled by George P Givens
White Oak, Campbell County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003184
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Jun 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
HIGHWALL WAS THAWING. EE WAS TURNING OFF MASTER SWITCH ON BACK OF MACHINE TURNING SIDEWAYS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGHWALL WHEN LOOSE DIRT & ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF HIGHWALL STRIKING THE STRING OF STEEL AND GLANCING OFF AND HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. HE WAS 18 TO 29 FEET FROM HIGHWALL WHEN THIS HAPPENED.