Employee was performing cleaning and maintenance. They began work around 7 pm and was discovered by coworkers on the ground below the area of work. It is believed they fell.
MLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 6
- Total incidents
- 462
- Mines on record
- 7
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Top causes
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 41 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 fatality · 147 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 94 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)49 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)46 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
6 recordedThe employees were scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs struck the boom causing it to separate from the truck.
Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.
EE and other co-workers were trying to connect a 42-in. inlet duct to a top reversal box through an opening in the building. The EE was inside the building between the inlet duct and reversal box. When the inlet duct unexpectedly came through the opening, it struck the injured employee in the head causing severe head injury resulting in death on 6/19/2007.
WHILE ON THE GROUND SPOTTING FOR THE MAINTENANCECREW HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A DUST COLLECTOR BAG FULL OF LIME. EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE CORONER.
THE DECEASED WAS ASKED TO EXAMINE A CORNER OF A PILLAR BY THE SCALERS. HE GOT IN HI-RANGER BASKET W/O FALL LPROTECTION OVER THE OBJECTION OF SCALER (1 1/2 YRS EXP). WHILE INSPECTING THE PILL AR, THE BASKET BECAME HUNG UP ON THE SIDE OF THE PILLAR, WHEN IT BROKE FREE. THE BOOM SPRUNG AND THREW BOTH MEN OUT. THE SCALER WAS SAVED BY HIS FALL PROTECTION. THE POWDERMAN FELL APPROX 5