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Case study · MSHA Record #219871800107
Draftsman fatality
June 20, 1987 at 2:40 PM
Jamestown Mine
· Sonora Mining Corp
· Tuolumne County, CA
Investigator narrative
CHECKING ROAD G9ADE WHEN GRADER BACKED OVER HIM.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Other, Nec
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 10 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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