Fatality · MSHA Record #220141280027
Stoper Miner
April 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Operator: Klondex Midas Operations, Inc. (Klondex Mines Ltd)
Elko County, NV
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Investigator narrative
Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in the 6' drill steel though the cause & nature of the accident & cause of death remain undetermined and under investigation.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Drill Face, Rib, Side, Down
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Source of injury
- APPAREL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 32.33 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11.9 years
- Experience in this job
- 11.9 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220141280027 · Mine ID 2602314Trainer view →