EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Name: EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS at Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Start: 09/08/2000

220002620125 · 09/08/2000 · Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 4
Mine experience: 0.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Placer Dome Ltd
Operator: Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Mine: 2602286

Narrative

MINERS HAD LOADED AND SHOT BOTTOM HALF OF RD TOP HALF DID NOT FALL, MINERS STATED. THE HAD TRIED TO BAR DOWN TO P PART BUT WOULD NOT FALL. THEY PRODEEDED TO LOAD TOP 6 HOLES, UNDER LINE DRILLE D HOLES. IN LOADING LAST HOLE MINER SAID WATCH OUT, THEY RETREATED BUT ONE MINER WAS STRUCK BY FOG, CAUSING INJURY.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown