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Case study · MSHA Record #220141360004
Mine Manager fatality
May 1, 2014 at 4:48 PM
Gypsum Mountain
· Silver State Minerals LLC
· Pershing County, NV
Investigator narrative
No eye witness to accident. ATV was traveling up a + or - 15% slope and lost traction. The road has some uneven spots that might of contributed to the loss of traction. The ATV appears to not have been in All Wheel Drive which could have contributed to the loss of traction.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Mantrip
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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