Fatality · MSHA Record #219861040201

Shuttle Car Operator fatality at WHITE PINE MINE (Copper Range Company), MI, April 3, 1986

at 8:30 AM

On April 3, 1986, a shuttle car operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at WHITE PINE MINE (Copper Range Company), MI.

WHITE PINE MINE · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Copper Range Company (Inmet Mining Corp)

Ontonagon County, MI

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

DEATH CAUSED FR2M CRUSHING INJURIES TO HEAD AND PELVIS. RUN OVER BY ORE CAR HE WAS DRIVING.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Shuttle Car, Ram Car, Buggy
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Conventional Stoping
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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