Cage/Cager/Station Attendant fatality at Homestake Mine Lead (Homestake Mining Company of California), SD, September 1, 1984

I.NAME HOISTING RAIL TRUCK LOADED WITH USED DRILL STEEL,PIPE OTHER MISC.SEVERAL LONGER PIECES OF STEEL WERE ALSO PLACED UNSECURED AT AN ANGLE IN THE CAGE.APPARENTLY ONE OF THESE LONG PIECES SL IPPED AND BECAME CAUGHT IN SIDE OF SHAFT AS CAGE WAS MOVING UPWARD.THE MOVEMENT CAUSED STEEL AND CAGE GATE TO BECOME ENTANGLED AND TORN AWAY.I.ANME FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE FELL OR WAS THROWN

Activity at time of incident

Ride Equipment

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Underground location

INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT

Accident type

Fall down raise, shaft or manway

Source of injury

MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL

Nature of injury

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Body part affected

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Total mining experience

6 years

Experience at this mine

6 years

Experience in this job

6 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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