Fatality · MSHA Record #220051030026

Maintenance Man fatality at Big Island Mine & Refinery (Sisecam Wyoming, LLC), WY, April 4, 2005

at 3:15 PM

On April 4, 2005, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Big Island Mine & Refinery (Sisecam Wyoming, LLC), WY.

Big Island Mine & Refinery · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Sisecam Wyoming, LLC (OCI Company, Ltd.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp)

Sweetwater County, WY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EE WAS ASSEMBLING CONTINUOUS MINER(CM04) IN UPPER BED REBUILD MAINTENANCE SHOP. CREW HAD JUST COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF RIGHT HAND CUTTING HEAD MOTOR. OTHER EE OPERATING EIMCO 913 #4 WAS TRAMMING BACKWARD UP NORTH SHOP ACCESS ROAD. OTHER EE TURNED EIMCO OFF TO COMMUNICATE W/SUPERVISOR, EIMCO ROLLED FORWARD, PINNING EE BETWEEN EIMCO FORKS AND CUTTING MOTOR.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: UNDERGROUND SHOP/OFFICE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: TRUNK,NEC
Total mining experience: 28 years
Experience at this mine: 28 years
Experience in this job: 28 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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