Struck by falling object
Operator was conducting remoting activities in an area known as the 2025 area when a large rock contacted the cab. Operator was found in the cab out past the designated no-go line and sustained fatal injuries.
Nyrstar Netherlands Holdings B.V.Controller
MSHA Controller ID: 0188563
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 21
- Mines on record
- 4
- Period
- —
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
13 (1f)
2024
5