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Case study · MSHA Record #219832940003
Master Mechanic fatality
October 11, 1983 at 3:00 PM
Plumas Gold Mine
· Feather Fork Mines Ltd
· Plumas County, CA
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS RIDING CAGE FROM BOTTOM LOADING LEVEL TO SURFACE WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE CAGE AND HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST CONVEYANCE AND THE SHAFT TU MBER
Record details
- Classification
- HOISTING
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Hoist
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- VERTICAL SHAFT
- Source of injury
- ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 7 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7 years
- Experience in this job
- 7 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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