Struck by falling object
Excavator was working in Redwine pit, highwall collapsed causing rock to fall on excavator. This caused a fatal injury to operator.
Fairbanks Coal Company IncMining Incidents in 2011
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Fairbanks Coal Company Inc operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2011
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Year
- 2011
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 incident
- 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2011
Struck by flying object
Employee was removing a loader tooth, he struck tooth and a small piece of metal came off of the tooth and lodged under the skin of the left knee.