Fatality · MSHA Record #220201500010
Maintenance Man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire Tech, Field Service Tech
May 21, 2020 at 12:30 PM
Operator: Bluff City Minerals LLC (Fred Weber, Inc.)
Madison County, IL
ClassificationHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TypeStruck by rolling or sliding object
Investigator narrative
Employee was removing an electrical motor using a chain hoist suspended from a cross brace when the cross brace became unsecured and struck the employee.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Idle
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Struck by rolling or sliding object
- Source of injury
- METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Total mining experience
- 27.17 years
- Experience at this mine
- 19.75 years
- Experience in this job
- 8.38 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220201500010 · Mine ID 1100122Trainer view →