FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Start: 04/08/2005

220051050040 · 04/08/2005 · Northern Star (Pogo) LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 116
Mine experience: 0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Teck Corp
Operator: Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Mine: 5001642

Narrative

Employee was in the process of loading a face round with 3 other miners. While he was bent over loading one of the knee holes, a rock weighing appox. 50 lb fell out of the face striking his hard hat and left shoulder. The rock fell from a height of about 10 feet.

Source

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