Mining Incidents

Weekly Bros IncMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Weekly Bros Inc operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
1
Total incidents
1
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Struck by flying object

THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT WITNESSED BY ANY PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT THE WORKER WAS PRYING OR ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A ROCK JAM IN THE CRUSHER. IT APPEARS THAT HE DROPPED A PRY BAR AND THE BAR WAS EJECTE D FROM THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK THE WORKER IN THE NECK AREA, RESULTING IN DEATH.

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 Weekly Bros Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.