FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Lordsburg Mining Company
Start: 06/04/2009

220091960047 · 06/04/2009 · Lordsburg Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 6
Mine experience: 0.37 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Santa Fe Gold Corporation
Operator: Lordsburg Mining Company
Mine: 2902356

Narrative

2 mines were loading equip. into a loader bucket when a section of the roof fell on them. one was pinned in the loader bucket & the other was able to free himself & drive them both to the surface. Approx. area, fell was 18"" wide, 1' thick, 6'long. Both miners were flown to the medical center, one release the same night, bruises, the other has several broken bones & lacerations.

Source

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