Brakeman

August 18, 1988 at 11:30 AM

RIDGEWAY MINE · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Ridgeway Mining Company (British Petroleum Company PLC)

Contractor on site: AIR

Fairfield County, SC

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

SPOTTER WAS BACKED OVER BY PAN SCRAPER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Observe Operations
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 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:

Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip — then search for Document number 219882450001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System — search by Mine ID 3800626
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory — Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219882450001 · Mine ID 3800626 Trainer view →