SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Teck Cominco American Inc
Start: 04/25/2005

220051220043 · 04/25/2005 · Teck Cominco American Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Teck Resources Limited
Operator: Teck Cominco American Inc
Mine: 4500366

Narrative

TWO EMPLOYEES PLANNING TO ADVANCE UTILITIES IN A SINGLE HEADING, SHUT THE MAIN VALVE TO THE AIRLINE GOING INTO HEADING. THEY FAILED TO BLEED THE AIRLINE BEFORE REMOVING CLAMP. WHEN EE #1 REMOVED CLAMP, HEADER BURST FORWARD CAUSING EE #2 TO FALL BACKWARDS; FRACTURING ONE BACK RIB & A FEW VERTABRAE TIPS. ASSESSMENT OF INJURIES IS ONGOING.

Source

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