Mining Incidents

Osaka Mining CorporationMining Incidents in 2008

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Osaka Mining Corporation operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2008
1
Total incidents
3
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents

All incidents in 2008

Struck by falling object

The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71"" long X 39"" X 18"" thick fell, striking the victim. The injuries received from the occurance were fatal.

Struck by falling object

The injured was drilling a roof bolt hole, when a piece of draw rock fell and struck him on the right forearm. This resulted in a laceration, which required sutures.

Struck by falling object

The injured was operating a continuous mining machine in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North section (about 95' inby S.S.#597). He was loading the final shuttle car from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71"" long X 39"" wide X 18"" thick fell, striking the injured, bruising his right shoulder.

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 Osaka Mining Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.