Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE FACE. HE PROBABLY WAS SCALING. A ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK HIM, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company operator
Controlled by
Union Miniere S A
MSHA operator ID: L02215
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 32 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 113 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 57 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 56 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 32 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1994
21
1993
35
1992
22
1991
30
1990
30 (1f)
1989
32
1988
29
1987
45
1986
38
1985
38
1984
16 (1f)
1983
32 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
3 recorded
August 3, 1984
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THIS MAN PINNED BENEATH TRACTOR ON WHICH HE WAS RIDING AFTER TRACTOR TURNED OVER WHEN OPERATOR COULDNT GET VEHICLE INTO LOWER GEAR BEFORE STRIKING RIB ON A RAMP.OPERATOR AND ANOTHER MAN SUSTAI NED MINOR BRUISING INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT.
February 26, 1983
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Struck against stationary object
THIS LOADER OPERATOR RAN OVER SPILLED MUCK ALONG THE RIGHT RIB IN A TRACK HAULAGE DRIFT, AND THE MAN WAS STRUCK BY THE CHUTE OPPOSITE THE SPILLAGE. THE LOADER THEN RAN INTO THE COMPRESSED AIR LINE ALONG THE RIGHT RIB CAUSING THE AIR LINE TO BLOW APART BEFORE THE LOADER CAME TO A STOP WITH THE BUCKET AGAINST THE RIGHT RIB. THE LOADER WAS FOUND IN SECOND GEAR APPROX. SEVENTY FEET FR
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