Continuous Miner Operator

February 11, 1992 at 11:27 AM

Skyline Mine No 1 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Utah Fuel Company (El Paso Energy Corp)

Carbon County, UT

Classification FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

FATALLY INJURED PERSON WAS STANDING ON HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING A CROSS BAR TO LENGTH WHEN BROW AT EDGE OF ROOF FALL FELL STRICKING HIM A FEW SECONDS LATER THE RIB CAME IN THIS AREA WA S SUPPORTED WITH ROOF BOLTS BUT AREA WHICH FELL WAS PART OF A FAULT ZONE IN THE CENTER OF THE ENTRY

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
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)
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
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 219920550001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System — search by Mine ID 4201435
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory — Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219920550001 · Mine ID 4201435 Trainer view →