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Case study · MSHA Record #219840450092
Drill Operator fatality
January 26, 1984 at 10:30 PM
Delamar Mine
· Mapco Minerals Corp
· Owyhee County, ID
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
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between NEC
- Activity at time
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- 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
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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