Mining Incidents

Climax Molybdenum Company operator

MSHA operator ID: L00009
Fatalities
5
Total incidents
882
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1983–1999

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Incident timeline

1999
41
1998
76
1997
45
1996
29
1995
44 (1f)
1994
22
1993
33
1992
34
1991
51
1990
49
1989
73
1988
32
1987
37
1986
66 (1f)
1985
126 (2f)
1984
94
1983
30 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

5 recorded
July 19, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by falling object

A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A TRAILER LOAD OF STEEL. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING I-BEAM.

May 21, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Climax Molybdenum Company · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR WA8 THROW FROM THE MACHINE WHEN A DOZER ROLLED OFF THE ROAD.

July 18, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal trackman, track worker, track gang Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by flying object

EMP HAD RAISED THE RAIL APPROX 4 INCHES TO DO REPAIR WORK. AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED HE LOWERED THE RAIL, THE RAIL CAME IN TONTACT WITH A RAIL SPIKE BAR. THE RAIL BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE I N THE R LOWER JAW

June 14, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter Fatality · OTHER
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ENMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN T HE PROCESS OF PERFOEMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES THE HEART ATTACK WAS UNRELATED TO WORK PROCEDURES OR DAILY EVENTS RESULTED IN DEATH 15 JUNE 1985 AT 2 5

April 20, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Climax Molybdenum Company · Fall from machine

RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE ON GRADE, EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM MOVING LOCOMOTIVE.

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