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Case study · MSHA Record #220262530024
Prep Plant Foreman fatality
September 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Bald Mountain Mine
· KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc.
· White Pine County, NV
Investigator narrative
Unbolted flange connection to swap out gasket. While aligning flange bolt holes to install bolts the pipe shifted and rolled off dunnage and crushed worker. Which resulted in a fatal head injury
Record details
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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