Fatality · MSHA Record #219842330001

Quality Control Technician fatality at Middle Tennessee Mine (Jersey Miniere Zinc Company), TN, August 3, 1984

at 7:50 AM

On August 3, 1984, a quality control technician was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Middle Tennessee Mine (Jersey Miniere Zinc Company), TN.

Middle Tennessee Mine · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Jersey Miniere Zinc Company (Union Miniere S A)

Smith County, TN

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

THIS MAN PINNED BENEATH TRACTOR ON WHICH HE WAS RIDING AFTER TRACTOR TURNED OVER WHEN OPERATOR COULDNT GET VEHICLE INTO LOWER GEAR BEFORE STRIKING RIB ON A RAMP.OPERATOR AND ANOTHER MAN SUSTAI NED MINOR BRUISING INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Ride Equipment
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Conventional Stoping
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219842330001 · Mine ID 4000864 Trainer view →