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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220231170004 · 04/10/2023 · American Gilsonite Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Caging, Operate elevator
Injury source
POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
American Gilsonite Company
Operator
American Gilsonite Company
Mine
4200854

Narrative

Miners traveling down a shaft in a cage with timbers in it. Traveled to bottom working floor, checked mine phone and started traveling up to top working floor. Timber in cage tipped out catching a shaft timber and pushing timber in the cage against miners back. Miner had a check up on 4/25/2023 and was prescribed medication and prescription was filled.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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