Fatality · MSHA Record #219852030004

Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator fatality at Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill (Doe Run Company), MO, July 18, 1985

at 12:20 AM

On July 18, 1985, a scoop car/scooptram operator was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill (Doe Run Company), MO.

Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

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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