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Case study · MSHA Record #220131630007

Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator fatality

June 2, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Exodus · Newmont USA Limited · Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
Employee was in the procees of building a berm when his loader went into the stope.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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