Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator fatality at Exodus (Newmont USA Limited), NV, June 2, 2013

at 8:30 PM

On June 2, 2013, a scoop car/scooptram operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Exodus (Newmont USA Limited), NV.

Exodus · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Newmont USA Limited (Newmont Corporation)

Eureka County, NV

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck against a moving object

Investigator narrative

Employee was in the procees of building a berm when his loader went into the stope.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Conventional Stoping
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220131630007 · Mine ID 2602661 Trainer view →