THE HOSE ON A CHIPPING HAMMER CAME UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
Cottonwood No 1 Shaft Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Cottonwood No 1 Shaft (mine ID 4201770). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Mar 1985
Reportable incidents
4 on file1985 · 1 incident
1984 · 2 incidents
CLIMBING UP A ROPE AND HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE ROCK WALL
WHIEL BAILING WATER THE WINCH THAT OPERATES THE MINE COVER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND SPINNING AROUND STRIKING HIS RT ARM
1983 · 1 incident
WERE USING EXPLOSIVES TO WIDEN SHAFT.USED 2 STICKS OF POWDER.WHEN SHOT WAS FIRED,MINE EXPLODED.WE HAD TESTED FOR GAS JUST PRIOR TO SHOT AND CLEARED DUST AWAY FROM IMMEDIATE AREA.CAUSE OF EXPL OSION UNKNOWN.
The full compliance file on Cottonwood No 1 Shaft
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.