FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Name: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS at Higher ground resources
Start: 09/14/2021

Fatal · 220212640037 · 09/14/2021 · Higher ground resources

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Occupation: Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity: Unknown
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part: UNCLASSIFIED
Days lost: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Randy L. Rice
Operator: Higher ground resources
Mine: 1002336

Narrative

A visitor to the mine site was in a unauthorized area running a sluice box in a unstable trench when it collapsed and buried them. The trench was tapered and made safe to remove their body.

Source

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