FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 03/20/2001

Fatal · 220010960021 · 03/20/2001 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 14.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Stillwater Mining Company
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401490

Narrative

THE EE FINISHED DRILLING THE LEFT RIB, WAS STILLBOLTING WHEN HE LEFT HIS JACKLEG,HE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM HIS JACKLEG WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT OF THE RIGHT RIB, STRIKING EE & KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED HIP & A FRACTURED PELVIS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES.

Source

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