SONNENSCHEIN AND WILLIAMS HAD BROUGHT A 651 CATERPILLAR SCRAPER INTO THE SHOP TO REPLACE ROUTER BITS AND CUTTING EDGES. JUST BEFORE COMPLETION OFTHE JOB ONE OR MORE PIECES OF FROZEN DIRT, SNOE SNOW & ICE WEIGHING APPROX 800 POUNDS FELL ON SONNENSCHEIN. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA A FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS A FRACTURE MANDIBLE AND A LACERATION OF THE CHIN WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIO
Gas Hills Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Umetco Minerals Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Union Carbide Corp
Fremont County,
WY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800862
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Dec 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1983 · 4 incidents
December 7, 1983
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object
April 11, 1983
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Umetco Minerals Corp · Fall from machine
GETTING OFF D-9 CAT. EMPL STEPPED FROM TRACK TO DOZER ARM,AS WEIGHT WAS PUT ON ARM HIS FOOT SLIPPED .FELL BACKWARD AND GRABBED FOR HAND HOLD ON FENDER,TWISTING HIS BACK.
April 5, 1983
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE AWS MOUNTING LADDER TO CAB OF 659-B CATTERPILLAR END DUMP TRUCK STRAINED MUSCLE OF LEFTR LEG AT OUTSIDE OF HIS KNEE
February 22, 1983
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER POWDER WITH A POCKET KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE