Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Was repairing guards adn cleaning out feed hopper when he slipped on ice and turned left ankle.
NEVADA BARTH IRON MINE AND MILLMetal/Nonmetal
Saga Exploration Company · Surface
Controlled by Gregory G Austin
Palisade, Eureka County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600078
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2004–2009
- Latest incident
- Jan 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2009 · 1 incident
2004 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE PULLING A NYLON STRAP AROUND A 55 GALLON OIL DRUM, EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS HOLDING STRAP. HE JUST BENT OVER THE WRONG WAY.