LOWERING UNDER CONE BELT TAIL PULLEY WITH CABLE WINCHES. BAR SLIPPED OUT OF RATCHET FITTING AND STRUCK ME IN THE MOUTH.
G & R Big Springs Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for G & R Big Springs (mine ID 2602198). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1993
- Latest incident
- Jul 1993
Reportable incidents
2 on file1993 · 2 incidents
DRILLING A HOLE & HAD JUST REACHED THE PRESCRIBED DEPTH. I PROCEEDED TO RETRIEVE THE PIPE OUT OF THE HOLE & AN AIR-BLAST CAME UP THROUGH THE DRILL-TABLE, SHOOTING DEBRIS INSIDE THE CAB. I TURN ED TO AVOID THE BLAST & A ROCK HIT ME IN THE MOUTH, BREAKING FRONT TOOTH.
The full compliance file on G & R Big Springs
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.