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Case study · MSHA Record #220081190021

Laborer fatality

April 24, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Pattison Company, LLC · Clayton County, IA
Investigator narrative
Employee was backed over by the 988H loader, when the loader operator was backing the machine to turn around.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Other
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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