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Case study · MSHA Record #219840300022
Warehouseman fatality
January 21, 1984 at 11:00 AM
Hutchinson Salt Company
· Carey Salt Inc
· Reno County, KS
Investigator narrative
AT APPROX 1100AM ON SAT JAN 21 1984 PETRIK WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A SET OF FOUR EMPTY 100 TON HOPPER CARS ROLLED DOWN AN INCLINE ON THE NORTH SPUR AT THE CAREY SALT MINE WHEN THE ICE MUD AND SNOW BUILD UP BETWEEN THE SHOES AND WHEELS MELTED THESE CARS STRUCK THREE FREE STANDING HOPPER CARS ON WHICH A BRAKE WAS SET DRIVING THEM FORWARD INTO ONE HOPPER CAR AND TWO BOX CARS WHICH WE
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 3 years
- Experience at this mine
- 3 years
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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