Stillwater Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A CHUTE FEILLED WITH ORE BLEW OUT COVERING HIM WITH APPROX. 5 FEET OF ORE.
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Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A FALL OF GROUND WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES INTO DRILLED FACE ROUND
December 28, 1991
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
THE MINE FOREMAN WAS MUCKING WITH AN LHD INTO AN ONE TRANSFER RAISE. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT A BOULDER ROLLED BACK OUT OF THE BUCKET WHICH WAS IN THE DUMP POSITION AND STRUCK THE VICTIM WHO WAS I N THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE LHD.
Stillwater Mining Company · Fall from piled material
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON VICTIM VENTRUREDOUT OVR MATERIAL HE KNEW TO BE BRIDGED. MATERIAL GAVE WAY & HE WAS DRAWN INTO CHUTE.
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL WAS HAND MUCKING IN PREPARATION FOR RAISING CRIB WHEN THE BROW UNDER WHICH HE WAS WORKING GAVE WAY AND BURIED HIM BENEATH THE BROKEN ROCK.THE BROW WAS SUPPORTED BY ROCK BOLTS AND HAD BEEN CHECKED AND THE AREA SCALED.
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object
I NAME & HIS PARTNER I NAME WERE DISCUSSING WHAT WORK THEY WERE GOING TO DO WHEN DECIDING I NAME WENT TO REACH FOR HIS DRILL PAD I NAME TURNED TO GO GET BLASTING CUPS & POWDER WHEN A 600# SLAB FELL FROM THE BACK OF THE SILL DRIFT IN WHICH THEY WERE WORKING & STRUCK HIM
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