Belt Cleaner fatality

Name: Mining Incidents: US MSHA accident records
Creator: ByShovel LLC
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December 27, 1984 at 8:30 AM

International Minerals Carlsbad, Inc. · Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc · Eddy County, NM

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BELT UTILITY VECHICLE DOWN NO. 10 SLOPE IN OUR UNDERGROUND OPERATION. THE DRIVER WAS APPARENTLY DISTRACTED AND THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE PILLAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE. ALTHOUGH THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED, WE HAVE RECEIVED VERBAL INFORMATION FROM THE STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR OFFICE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL MAY BEVE BEEN UNDER THE I NFLUENCED

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Activity at time: Mantrip
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: SLOPE/INCLINED SHAFT
Mining method: Other
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 10 years
Experience at this mine: 10 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Metal/Non-Metal

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