Laborer

October 26, 1999 at 10:00 AM

Inland Quarries LLC · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: AmeriCold Logistics LLC (Vornado Realty Trust)

Wyandotte County, KS

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

IT APPEARS EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING A PILLAR WITH A 7' SCALING BAR. THE ROCK HE WAS TRYING TO PULL WAS APPROX. 8' ABOVE THE GROUND AND CONTINUED DOWN TO JUST ABOVE THE FLOOR. WHILE DOING THIS WORK HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A PORTION OF THE ROCK.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bar Down, Includes Scaling
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Other
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 13 years
Experience in this job: 8 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 219993090001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System and search by Mine ID 1400159
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory covering Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219993090001 · Mine ID 1400159 Trainer view →