Over-exertion in lifting objects
The employee was lifting a Gardner Denver 83 jackleg drill out of a Boss Buggy and felt pain in his groin.
C-JD-8Metal/Nonmetal
Highbury Resources Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Anfield Energy Inc
Nucla, Montrose County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504104
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Jun 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2005 · 2 incidents
Struck by flying object
The employee was drilling with a jackleg drill when a bucket of oil fell from the drill buggy and struck a valve on an air hose coiled on the buggy. The hose became charged with air and struck the employee in the face. This resulted in a loss of a tooth some time later.