Fatality · MSHA Record #220141080023

Laborer fatality at MLC - Ste. Genevieve (MLC), MO, April 11, 2014

at 8:45 AM

On April 11, 2014, a laborer was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at MLC - Ste. Genevieve (MLC), MO.

MLC - Ste. Genevieve · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: MLC (Margaret J Heckman)

Ste Genevieve County, MO

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bar Down, Includes Scaling
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Other
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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