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Case study · MSHA Record #219881880001

Front-End Loader fatality

June 7, 1988 at 7:00 AM
Green Springs · Usmx Inc · White Pine County, NV
Investigator narrative
PUG MILL NOT LOCKED OUT WAS ENERGIZED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING INSIDE PUG MILL ADVERSE TO INSTRUCTIONS.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Mill Equipment
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
8 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
2 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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