Fatality · MSHA Record #220043500027

Maintenance Man fatality at Robinson Operation (Robinson Nevada Mining Company), NV, December 5, 2004

at 7:05 AM

On December 5, 2004, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Robinson Operation (Robinson Nevada Mining Company), NV.

Robinson Operation · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Robinson Nevada Mining Company (Quadra Mining Ltd)

Contractor on site: AJA

White Pine County, NV

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BOLTS ON THE "DUTCHMAN" ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. THE DOOR OF THE DIPPER WAS BLOCKED OPEN WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS WELDED IN PLACE. FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE BLOCKING BECAME DISPLACED AND THE DOOR CLOSED, PINNING TWO EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DIPPER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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