SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Worley Blue Quarry
Start: 01/14/2002

Fatal · 220020360039 · 01/14/2002 · Worley Blue Quarry

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall to lower level, NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.34 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Eric Higginbotham
Operator: Worley Blue Quarry
Mine: 0900076

Narrative

LEDGE FOREMAN AND HIS LEDGE CREW WERE REMOVING STONE & DEBRIS FROM A BENCH LEVEL AT THE QUARRY SITE. THEY HAD REMOVED THE RAILING AND APPROXIMATELY HALF THE BENCH LEVEL AT THE TIME HE FELL 28 ' TO THE FLOOR BELOW THEM. HE PASSED AWAY 2/1/02.

Source

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