Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ON KNEES INSTALLING FRONT SECTION OF THE OIL PAN ON A 777C WHEN THE LEFT KNEE POPPED AND BEGAN HURTING BEHIND KNEE CAP. EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 8/10 & RETURNED TO WORK 8/13.
Lens Creek Mine No 1Coal
Pritchard Mining Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Andrew B Jordon
Hernshaw, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608184
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Aug 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK AS HE CLIMBED THE STEPS UP TO HIS 777C ROCK TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF SHIFT. PAIN WORSENED AS DAY PROGRESSED. AT 10:30 HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SA ME GENERAL DIVISION BY COMPANY PERSONNEL.