FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Klondex Gold & Silver Mining Company
Start: 04/15/2014

220141070014 · 04/15/2014 · Klondex Gold & Silver Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Klondex Mines Ltd
Operator: Klondex Gold & Silver Mining Company
Mine: 2602691

Narrative

The employee was loading a face round. Some clay type of material fell from the back, knocked his hard hat off and struck his head. The loose material fell because there was a space between the back and mesh. Because it was clay, it broke into small pieces that fit through the mesh.

Source

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