Fatality · MSHA Record #220000450001
Miner, Nec
January 31, 2000 at 8:00 PM
Operator: Asarco Inc (Grupo Mexico S A B de C V)
Pima County, AZ
ClassificationFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
TypeStruck by falling object
Investigator narrative
ON JAN. 31, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM, A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN AND UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Handling Explosives
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 33.11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.03 years
- Experience in this job
- 0.92 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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