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Case study · MSHA Record #219861040201

Shuttle Car Operator fatality

April 3, 1986 at 8:30 AM
WHITE PINE MINE · Copper Range Company · Ontonagon County, MI
Investigator narrative
DEATH CAUSED FR2M CRUSHING INJURIES TO HEAD AND PELVIS. RUN OVER BY ORE CAR HE WAS DRIVING.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Shuttle Car, Ram Car, Buggy
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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