Mining Incidents

17 West Mining IncMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at 17 West Mining Inc operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WHO IS A MECHANIC HAD PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK UP TO THE REAR OF A DOZER TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE LIGHTING SYSTEM. HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT WHEN THE TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD HITTING HIM IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAS TWO FRACTURES TO HIS PELVIS.

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.