Fatality · MSHA Record #219832520019

Maintenance Man fatality at Bingham Canyon Mine (Kennecott Corp), UT, August 29, 1983

at 12:30 PM

On August 29, 1983, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Bingham Canyon Mine (Kennecott Corp), UT.

Bingham Canyon Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Kennecott Corp (British Petroleum Company PLC)

Contractor on site: G60

Salt Lake County, UT

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Investigator narrative

STEWART WAS STANDING ON A WALKWAY USING A CONCRETE VIBRATOR AUGER CAUGHT VIBRATOR AND PULLED STEWART INTO AUGER VIBRATOR CABLE WAS AROUND STEWARTS BODY WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO AUGER

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 10 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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