Struck by falling object
The employee was drilling a bolt hole in order to rock bolt some blocky ground when a rock fell and struck him on the head.
C-JD-9Metal/Nonmetal
Highbury Resources Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Anfield Energy Inc
Naturita, Montrose County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503066
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2004–2005
- Latest incident
- Aug 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2005 · 1 incident
2004 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
The employee was hanging vent line while standing in the slightly elevated bucket of a loader. He jumped from the bucket (1 1/2 - 2 feet) and felt a pain in his back when he landed. He then drilled with a jackleg drill for about 2 hours and the following morning he experienced severe back pain.