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Case study · MSHA Record #220210560004

Grizzly Worker fatality

February 22, 2021 at 3:36 PM
Immel Mine · Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Knox County, TN
Investigator narrative
A rail haulage offsider was riding back to the chute to get another load when the locomotive over traveled into the chute causing fatal injuries to the offsider rail employee.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Locomotive
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
Source of injury
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
5 years
Experience at this mine
5 years
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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