March 20, 2012
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc.
· Struck by falling object
This accident has already been investigated by MSHA. The victim was found approximately 250 feet inside the mine. He was working alone and had been struck by a fall of rib.