WHILE OPERATING3ATD 18 BULLDOZER ONTHE SURFACE IN A CAVED STOPE AREA A 20FT PILLAR GAVEWAY CAUSING THE BULLDOZER WITH OPERATOR FALL 23FT INTO AN OPEN STOPE THE OPERATOR WAS IMMEDIATELY RETRIEV ED & TAKEN TO S3ERRA VISTA HOSPITAL TONENM KEPT 48HR FOR TEST RESULTS & RELEASED WITH MINOR BRUISES
Rattlesnake Metal/Non-Metal
Sierra Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Shacklett Alfred Jr
Sierra County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901958
MSHA record for Rattlesnake (mine ID 2901958). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Oct 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1986 · 1 incident
October 22, 1986
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Sierra Corp · Struck against a moving object
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