FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Denison Mines (USA) Corp.
Start: 06/10/2009

220091690032 · 06/10/2009 · Denison Mines (USA) Corp.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 22
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): International Uranium Corp
Operator: Denison Mines (USA) Corp.
Mine: 4200470

Narrative

After blasting a round & barring down & then mucking out the round it was found that the lifters had not pulled. While cleaning out the holes to re-shoot them, a rock fell from the back or rib hitting the ground and rolling across the miner's foot breaking it.

Source

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