Mining Incidents

VONDRISKA PIT, SUNDANCEMetal/Nonmetal

Sundance, Crook County, WY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801534
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE HAD HELPED SET A SECTION OF CONVEYER IN PLACE, ALL FOUR CHAINS WERE DISCONNECTED AND HE HAD MOTIONED FOR THEM TO BE PULLED AWAY, WHEN ONE SET OF CHAINS CLEARED THE CONVEYER, THE OTHER ST HO OKED THE CONVEYER CAUSING IT TO FALL. THE FALLING STRUCTURE CAUSED 2 LACEATIONS TO EE'S HEAD AND A BROKEN RIGHT FOOT.

2002 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURY OCCURED WHEN THE EE S HAND WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN SCREEEN RAIL AND THE SCREEN ITSELF WHEN ANOTHER EE USING A IMPACT WRENCH TIGHTENED THE SCREEN INTO POSITION. THE FINGERS WERE NOT SEVE RED AND THE INJURY IN NO BROKEN BONES, ONLY SEVEERED BLOOD BLISTERS FROM THE PINCHING.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DOING NORMAL CLEANUP WITH A SHOVEL WHEN THE LOWER BACK PAIN BEGAN.