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Case study · MSHA Record #220233530005

Miner fatality

December 14, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Beck Street · Staker & Parson Companies · Salt Lake County, UT
Investigator narrative
EE STARTED THE DAY AND HAD WORKED AT THE SHOP LOCATED IN LEHI, UTAH FOR THE MAJORITY OF EE'S WHOLE SHIFT. THERE WERE MATERIALS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO OUR CREW TO CONTINUE WORKING. EE DROVE TO THE WORKSITE. WHILE EE WAS THERE, EE WAS WALKING AND WHILE WALKING EE WAS STRUCK BY THE FORKS OF A PEICE OF EQUIPMENT THAT FELL OVER, WHICH RESULTED IN EE'S LIFE ENDING.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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