Mining Incidents

17 West Mining IncMining Incidents in 2002

All MSHA-reportable accidents at 17 West Mining Inc operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2002
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2002

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2002

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A D9 DOZER PUSHING SHOT ROCK DOWN TO THE LOADER BELOW HIM. WHILE ON THE TOP OF THE AREA HE BACK OVER TOO CLOSE TO THE BACK EDGE. THE DOZER THEN OVER TURNED DOWN THE BANK AND R OLLED OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST IN IT'S NORMAL POSITION. HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to 17 West Mining Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.