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Case study · MSHA Record #219881190001

Maintenance Man fatality

April 20, 1988 at 4:30 PM
White Oak Mine #2 · Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Carbon County, UT
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A MANTRIP DOWN A GRADE OF 9.8 PERCENT WITHOUT WORKING BRAKES TWO TENTHS OF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD HE CLIMBED THE HILLSIDE FOR THE THIRD TIME TRYING TO SLOW THE MANTRIP DOWN THE MANTRIP ROLLED ON ITS SIDE WITH THE EMPLOYEE UNDERNEATH WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Mantrip
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
9 years
Experience at this mine
7 years
Experience in this job
2 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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