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Case study · MSHA Record #219842140009
Maintenance Man fatality
July 22, 1984 at 5:10 AM
RELIEF CANYON
· Lacana Gold Inc
· Pershing County, NV
Investigator narrative
5:00 SUNDAY AM,I.NAME & I.NAME WENT TO MINE IN ORDER TO GET 2 DOZERS RUNNING FOR THAT DAYS SHIFT.AFTER I.NAME LEFT I.NAME WENT TO ROAD GRADER FROR SOME UNKNOWN REASON.BLADE WAS PARKED AT UPPE END OF 8% HAUL ROAD AND PARKED SO IT WOULD RUN INTO BANK IF IT GOT AWAY.SOMEHOW I.NAME GOT BLADE HEADED STRAIGHT DOWN HAUL RD AROUND 90 DEGREE CURVE AND DOWN 4500\ OF RD WHERE HE TURNED BLADE
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Activity at time
- Grader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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