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Case study · MSHA Record #219851710079
Mine Manager fatality
May 20, 1985 at 11:00 AM
Red Deer Mine
· Fechner Mining Company
· Custer County, SD
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM DROVE A 55A FRONTEND LOADER TO THE TOP OF A 12\ HIGH QUARRY WALL TO PUSH MATERIAL OFF THE TOP. THERE WAS A SLIGHT GRADE TOWARDS THE WALL. THE VICTIM STARTED TOWARDS THE HIGHWALL WI TH THE BUCKET DOWN & THE BUCKET CAME AGAINST A SOLID ROCK IN THE BOTTOM. THE VICTIM BACKED THE FRONE END LOADER UP & THEN CAME FORWARD AGAIN. THE BUCKET BOUNCED UP OVER THE SOLID & THE LOADER
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- NECK
- Total mining experience
- 15 years
- Experience at this mine
- 15 years
- Experience in this job
- 15 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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