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FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

220113460029 · 12/09/2011 · Applied Minerals, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity
Environmental tests or checks
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Andre Zeitoun
Operator
Applied Minerals, Inc.
Mine
4202383

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING GROUND CONDITIONS AND HAD HIS BACK TO A WALL WHEN A ROCKSLAB APPROXIMATELY 20 PDS PEELED OFF THE WALL AND PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STEP AWAY BUT THE SLAB CAUGHT HIM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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