Drill Operator fatality at Delamar Mine (Mapco Minerals Corp), ID, January 26, 1984

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On January 26, 1984, a drill operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Delamar Mine (Mapco Minerals Corp), ID.

Delamar Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Mapco Minerals Corp (Mapco Minerals Corp-Superior Oil Co & Canadian Sup)

Owyhee County, ID

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF DRILL AND WALKED AROUND TO HAMMER SIDE TO CLEAN WINDOW OF CAB IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE STEPPED UPON THE DRILL CHUCK TO CLEAN THE UPPER WINDOW OF THE CAB EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE L EANED BUT SOMEHOW HIS COVERALL BECAME ENTANGLED INT HE DRILL STEEL THIS PULLED HIM THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE MAST AND WRAPPED HIS RIGTH ARM AND CHEST AROUND THE STEEL

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 4 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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