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Shaftcrew, Shaft Repair, Skip Tender, Station Tender fatality
June 2, 2014 at 1:30 PM
Sunshine Mine · Silver Opportunity Partners LLC · Shoshone County, ID
Investigator narrative
Two shaft repairmen had finished pulling lacing from the pipe compartment, the all clear/tucked in verbal command was given twice with response. The bell signal was transmitted to raise the skip. One miner's fall protection lanyard was accidentally left connected to a shaft anchor. As the skip raised the lanyard remained secured pulling the miner between the skip and shaft timber.
Record details
- Classification
- HOISTING
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 18.27 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.27 years
- Experience in this job
- 1.27 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
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