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Case study · MSHA Record #219842330001

Quality Control Technician fatality

August 3, 1984 at 7:50 AM
Middle Tennessee Mine · Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Smith County, TN
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Ride Equipment
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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