MSHA record for NIAGARA PROJECT (mine ID 0405278). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EE FAILED TO TURN ON THE FRESH AIR LINE AND WET DOWN THE MUCK PILE AS PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED.
THE TYPE OF LOOSE SLATE THAT WAS BEING HELD BY THE MAT AND THE FACT THAT THE GROUND HAD LOOSENED UP BEHIND THE MAT, CAUSING ROCK MATERIAL TO BREAK LOOSE AND FALL. THE SHIFT PRIOR HAD BLASTED I NT HE SAME HEADING, PROBABLY CAUSING VIBRATION WHICH LOOSENED THE ROCK MATERIAL.
EE SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER IN RAISE MANWAY. EE'S FOOT WENT THROUGH THE LADDER RUNGS, & EE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINE TIMBERS AND OTHER MATERIALS. HE SLIPPED OFF A UNDER NAILED LAGGEN. HE FELL 18 FEET TO A SLUSHER DRIFT.
TWO WORKERS WERE PUSHING EMPTY 1 TON ORE CARS. ACOWORKER PUSHED AN ORE CAR OVER THE LEG AND FOOTOF COWORKER.
EE WAS LOADING UP SCRAP STEEL INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. HE SAID THAT HE HAD A SENSATION OF BEING SLAPPED OR HIT IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG IN THE CALF. HE WAS EXPERIENCING MUSCULAR CONTRACTION AND MUSCLE SPASMS.