FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC
Start: 10/31/2019

220193050005 · 10/31/2019 · Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC

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: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.65 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Nyrstar NV
Operator: Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC
Mine: 4000168

Narrative

At 1:25 AM the blasting crew had finished hand scaling the back in 9664 and were in the process of loading first couple holes when a rock fell from the back and struck one of the blasters in the left forearm and wrist causing a laceration that required stitches.

Source

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