FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Name: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS at Tuscaloosa Resources Inc
Start: 10/07/2002

Fatal · 220023010001 · 10/07/2002 · Tuscaloosa Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Hand load, Hand shoveling
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Jerry M Gaines
Operator: Tuscaloosa Resources Inc
Mine: 0103196

Narrative

ON OCT.7, 2002, A 31 YEAR OLD MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALL OF A SINGLE ROCK/CLAY MASS FROM LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHWALL. RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS & WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 6AM SHIFT. MINER WAS HAND SHOVELING RAW COAL FROM THE BASE TO SCOOP INTO LOADER. NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.

Source

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