EMPLOYEE'S WERE CUTTING THE TOP OUT OF A 55 GAL.DRUM. AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE OF A LOADER BUCKET.
Twin Star Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Twin Star Mining, Inc. operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2003
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Year
- 2003
Top incident classifications
- 01EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE4 incidents
- 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 03NO VALUE FOUND1 incident
All incidents in 2003
Struck against stationary object
Struck against a moving object
EE WAS GOING UP A GRADE TO DRILL IN A FORD SERVICE TRUCK. THE MOTOR QUIT LETTING TRUCK ROLL BACK AGAINST BERM AND LAID OVER.
No Value Found
EE'S WERE CUTTING TOP OUT OF A 55 GALLON DRUM & AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE LOADER BUCKET.
No Value Found
JOB MECHANIC WAS CUTTING BARREL WITH CUTTING TORCH & IT EXPLODED.
No Value Found
EE'S WERE CUTTING TOP OUT OF A 55 GALLON DRUM. AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE OF A LOADER BUCKET.
No Value Found
EE WAS WAITING ON GETTING LOADED BY A LOADER OPERATOR. THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS GOING TOWARDS THETRUCK WITH A BIG ROCK WHEN LOADER BUCKET DUMPED ON IT'S OWN AND THE ROCK HIT THE EDGE OF THE TRU CK CAUSING A JOLT.