Fall from machine
Miner in powder truck basket loading face round, stepped backwards and fell thru the basket gate that was not latched. Miner was not tied off with fall protection.
Crown Resources-CorporationMining Incidents in 2008
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Crown Resources-Corporation operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2008
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Year
- 2008
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2008
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was breaking the bands on a bundle of split set bolts and when the band broke it snapped back and hit him in the forearm just below the elbow. The band put a cut about 4"" long in his arm and it required 6 stitches.