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Case study · MSHA Record #219861990060
Laborer fatality
July 5, 1986 at 9:45 AM
York Canyon-Underground Mine
· Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon
· Colfax County, NM
Investigator narrative
EMERGENCY SPILL4AY BEING CONSTRUCTED AT TAILINGS POND #3.DURING LOADER CYCLE WHERE DIRT BEING MOVED FROM SPILLWAY BOTTOM,VICTIM CHECKING GRADE IN SPILLWAY BOTTOM.APPEARS THAT VICTIM MOVED TOO CLOSE TO LOADE9 CYCLE.WHEN LOADER BACKED OUT OF BANK,REAR BUMPER HIT DECEASED KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND JUST BEFORE RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER HIM.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- TRUNK,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Coal
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