FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 03/15/2019

220190800022 · 03/15/2019 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
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: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 352
Mine experience: 19.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sibanye Stillwater Limited
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401490

Narrative

After completing a work place inspection an employee was in the process of loading back-stope blast holes along with partner using a pneumatic powder loader & while inserting the static free hose into a blast hole a rock contacted employee's hardhat causing lacerations, concussion, and a neurological injury.

Source

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