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Case study · MSHA Record #220230330003
Maintenance Man fatality
January 23, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Meikle Mine
· Nevada Gold Mines LLC
· Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
A utility crew was assigned to complete rehab work at the 1600 haulage corridor, which entailed removing utility lines. A team of three employees were utilizing a scissor deck with a pipe handler to remove 10" steel pipe. They had removed one pipe section and were starting to disconnect the second pipe when they sustained injuries.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by... NEC
- Activity at time
- Hand Tools (Powered)
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- SLOPE/INCLINED SHAFT
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 19 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7 years
- Experience in this job
- 7 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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