EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ORE PILE AND THE GROUND COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH HIM. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT KNEE SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS, CAUSING IT TO TWIST. THE ORE PILE WAS UNUSUALLY STEEP, DUE TO B LASTING AND SLOUGHING CONDITIONS.
Gold Star Open Pit Mine Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Gold Star Open Pit Mine (mine ID 0504380). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Apr 1989
Reportable incidents
3 on file1989 · 3 incidents
EMPL GIVING DIRECTIONS TO CTR PERFORMING TREE CLEARING OPER.GIVING INSTRUCTIONS,1 TREE THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER SPRANG UP AND HIT EMPL HAND WHICH WAS HOLDING SAFETY HANDLE ON BULLDOZER BEING USED IN OPERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH 235 CAT EXCAVATOR EXAMINING STARTER CONNECTION PRIOR TO STARTUP. HE CAUGHT HIS TAILBONE ON THE HOE HOOK UNDERNEATH AND SLIPPED TO THE GROUND FRACTURING THE TAILBONE.
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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.