Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219910280001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

January 16, 1991 at 12:10 PM
Spring Creek Mine · Surface · Coal
Big Horn County, MT
Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Type Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
WHILE LOWERING PORTABLE WHEEL MOUNTED WATER PUMP IN NO 2 DRAGLINE PIT INJ WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL SLIPPED AND FELL TO BOTTOM ABOUT 160 FT. WATER PUMP USING 3 WIRE ROPES ATTACHED TO FR ONT END LOADER AND 2 SCRAPERS PUMP BEEN LOWEREDNEARLY TO BOTTOM OF PIT WHEN ACCIDENT OCC
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Supervise
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
GROUND
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
0 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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