Mining Incidents

Twin Star Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2002

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Twin Star Mining, Inc. operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2002
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2002

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2002

Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE DRILL LADDER AND FELL BACK.

Fall from machine

EE INDICATES WHILE GETTING OFF LOADER HIS FOOT \SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEG TO BEND BEHIND HIM. EE CONTINUED TO WORK. ONCE SWELLING STARTED HE CONTACTED HIS DR. AND SCHED. SURGERY. EE STARTED MIS SING TIME ON 11/22/02.

Struck against a moving object

EE NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT DUE TO HIS EXPERIENCE ON 10/30/02.HE EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT ROTATED TO HIS BACK. EE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 11/25/02, HE WAS TO RTW ON 12/3/02. EE DID NOT RETURN TO WORK& HIS CLAIM IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF WORK RELATED. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MILD BULGING DISC & DEG. DISC DISEASE.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

CYLINDER ROLLED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.

Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON COMPANY TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE TRUCK. HE FELLONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

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 Twin Star Mining, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.