Fatality · MSHA Record #219870780001
Timberman
March 12, 1987
at 10:30 AM
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
WHILE THE MINER3AND HIS PARTNER WERE IN THE STOPE, A ROCKBURST OCCURRED, THE ROCKBURST TRIGGERED A GROUND FALL WHICH KNOCKED DOWN, COVERED, AND KILLED THE MINER. APPROX THREE FEET OF MUCK WERE ON TOP OF THE M3NER
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Bar Down, Includes Scaling
- 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
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Experience at this mine
- 10 years
- Experience in this job
- 9 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219870780001 · Mine ID 1000082
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