Laborer

January 6, 1992 at 8:50 AM

Sweetwater Mine/Mill · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Asarco Inc

Reynolds County, MO

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

EMPLS PERFORMING WEEKLY PREVENTITIVE MAINT.CHECKS AT #2 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY.EMPL CLIMBED OVER BARRICADE TO LOOK AT SCRAPER ON #2 CONV.HEAD PULLEY.EMPL STANDING ON MUCK PILE OF #5 ORE RAISE IN SPECTING SCRAPER WHEN MUCK PILE GAVE WAY AND EMPL FELL DOWN MUCK RAISE.(LHD BEGAN PULLING MUCK FROM CHUTE 100' BELOW,ORE BEGAN TO FLOW SUCKING EMPL DOWN.)

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Other
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
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 219920170001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System — search by Mine ID 2300458
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory — Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219920170001 · Mine ID 2300458 Trainer view →