WHILE EXAMINING FALL AREA FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AFTER SETTING OFF ROCKBUSTER EXPLOSIVE EMPL WAS FATALL INJURED DUE TO FALL OF ROOF.
Oglebay Norton Company controller
MSHA controller ID: C02209
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 60 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 134 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 43 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 43 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1993
1
1992
30
1991
30 (1f)
1990
33 (1f)
1989
44
1988
49
1987
65
1986
32
1985
18
1984
48
1983
31
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Saginaw Mine OH
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded
October 23, 1991
OH · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Saginaw Mining Company · Struck by falling object
Saginaw Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
WHILE I.NAME WAS MOVING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TRACK TO PREPARE TO WORK ON ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BOTTOM SUPPLY TRACK, THE BACK OF HIS NECK CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE UNGUARDED (300+ VOLT) DC TR OLLEY WIRE WHICH CAUSED HIS FATALITY.
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