Fatality · MSHA Record #219970590001
Coal/Ore Shovel Operator fatality at Lone Star Quarry & Mill (Lone Star Industries Inc), MO, February 15, 1997
at 3:30 PM
On February 15, 1997, a coal/ore shovel operator was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at Lone Star Quarry & Mill (Lone Star Industries Inc), MO.
Contractor on site:
JPN
Cape Girardeau County, MO
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
EE WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE HYDRAULIC BACKHOE (792 MOVING LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MAATERIAL BACK FROM NEAR THE FOOT OF A HIGHWALL FACE. THIS MATERIAL WAS BEING REMOVED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR A SAFETY EXAMINATION OF AN EXPOSED PORTION O AN UNDERGROUND MINE. APPARENTLY, MATERIAL FROM THE HIGHWALL FACE BROKE AWAY ANDMOVED OUT FROM THE FACE STRIKING THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE. IT IS ESTIM
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Surface Equipment, Nec
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- 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
- 5 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219970590001 · Mine ID 2300134
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