Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220131490017

Mucking Machine Operator

May 17, 2013 at 1:30 AM
Questa Mine & Mill · Underground · Metal/Nonmetal
Taos County, NM
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Around 1:30 in the morning a miner was found pinned between two rail cars on the haulage level.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Rerail Equipment, Sprag
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
0.6 years
Experience at this mine
0.6 years
Experience in this job
0.6 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs — the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file — so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220131490017 · Mine ID 2901267Trainer view →