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Case study · MSHA Record #219843250005
Warehouseman fatality
November 5, 1984 at 5:10 PM
Crusher Ii
· Buckley Construction
· Kanabec County, MN
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS STANDING BY THE CRUSHER OPERATOR. VICTIM TURNED AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE CRUSHER OPERATOR. THE CRUSHER OPERATOR NOTICED THE MATERIAL WAS NOT MOVING AND WENT TO THE DISCHARGE END TO FIND OUT WHY. THE CRUSHER OPERATOR DISCOVERD THE VICTIM S ARM WAS CAUGHT IN THE RETURN IDLER OF THE PORTABLE CRUSHING UNIT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE VICTIM WAS AT THE CRUSHING UNIT.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Mill Equipment
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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