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Case study · MSHA Record #219851020041
Maintenance Man fatality
April 1, 1985 at 11:20 AM
Balmat Mine No 3
· St Joe Resources Company
· St Lawrence County, NY
Investigator narrative
I.NAME AND HELPER REMOVED THE DRIVE LINE FROM THE REAR AXLE AND THIS RELEASED THE BRAKING FORCE ON THE FRONT AXLE ALLOWING THEMACHINE TO ROW OFF THE BLOCKS THAT WERE UNDER THE REAR END. THE M ACHINE CAME DOWN, LANDING ON I.HAME.
Record details
- Classification
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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