EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A GARDNER DENVER 16 HIGHWALL DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING NEAR A THIRTY FOOT HIGHWALL WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING DIRT AND MUD FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL COMPLETELY COVERING THE EMPLOYEE INSID9 DRILL CAB AND ALSO COVERING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE DRILL THE FORCE OF THE DIRT AND MUD CRUSHED THE CAB OF THE DRILL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE
Jaco Mining Company Inc operator
Controlled by
M Lynn Parrish
MSHA operator ID: P14224
Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 13 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1989
9
1988
10
1987
9 (1f)
1986
8
1985
3
1984
7
1983
7
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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