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Case study · MSHA Record #220100110016
Maintenance Man fatality
January 2, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Bull Mountains Mine No 1
· Signal Peak Energy LLC
· Musselshell County, MT
Investigator narrative
1ton dodge truck was up on jack stands with front wheels off ground,employee was under front of truck bleeding the power steering system,he asked another employee to get in truck and start the engine. The truck was started and the employees foot slipped off the clutch and the truck fell off the jack stands falling to the floor crushing the employee under truck.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 9 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 17 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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