Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Nonmetal Mine (Salt) Falling Material Accident, April 16, 2013, North American Salt Company, Cote Blanche Mine, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Mine ID No. 16-00358.

摘要

On April 16, 2013, Michael W. Charles, Shaftman, age 58, was seriously injured when a piece of salt fell and struck him. Charles and two coworkers were replacing a bushing on the side of a skip hoist in the production shaft. Charles was working while standing on a steel beam, outside the handrails of a covered work platform where the coworkers were standing, when the material struck him. Charles was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on April 17, 2013. The coworkers were also struck by the falling material and received minor injuries.