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Case study · MSHA Record #220190700020
Maintenance Man fatality
March 6, 2019 at 10:25 AM
TYRONE MINE
· Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc
· Grant County, NM
Investigator narrative
While preparing to perform side frame/track repairs on a 4100A shovel. When the relief valve was ejected from the jack. Employee was struck by a pressure relief valve in the lower left abdominal/waist area. The injury resulted in the death of the employee.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- Body part affected
- ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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