FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 12/18/2022

220223530032 · 12/18/2022 · 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 supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: SKULL
Days lost: 131
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The miner was on the deck of a raise climber. The miner was prepping to remove the blast header when we assume a piece of loose rock fell from above and struck the miner.

Source

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