Fatality · MSHA Record #219852030004
Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator
July 18, 1985
at 12:20 AM
Operator:
Doe Run Company
(Fluor Corp)
Iron County, MO
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
A FATAL ROCK FELL FROM A PILLAR IN STOPE 66V7 OCCURRED WHILE A FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING ROCK INTO UNDERGROUND HAULAGE TRUCK. HE SUSTAINED A CRUSHING INJURY TO THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS BODY.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 8 years
- Experience at this mine
- 3 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219852030004 · Mine ID 2300494
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