Fatality · MSHA Record #219873290001

Quality Control Technician fatality at Absaloka Mine (Washington Group International, Inc.), MT, November 11, 1987

at 1:10 PM

On November 11, 1987, a quality control technician was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Absaloka Mine (Washington Group International, Inc.), MT.

Absaloka Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Washington Group International, Inc. (Washington Group International Inc)

Big Horn County, MT

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO FREE A CORE SAMPLE BARREL THAT HAD BECOME BOUND IN A HOLE EMPLOYEE PLACED A SPANNER WRENCH AND CHEATER BAR TO FREE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BETWEEN CAB AND WRENCH WHEN THE DRILL STEM3BROKE FREE AND S TRUCK VICTIM IN CHEST VICTIM HIT HEAD UPON DOOR SILL WHICH CAUSED SKULL FRACTURE FIRST AID AND CPR ADMINISTERED UNSUCCESSFULLY

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Tools (Not Powered)
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: WRENCH
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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