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Case study · MSHA Record #219901440138
Maintenance Man fatality
May 5, 1990 at 6:10 PM
HOLLISTER MINE
· Ivanhoe Gold Company
· Elko County, NV
Investigator narrative
LUBRICATING TRANS SHIFT CABLE WHEN L FRONT TIRE ON SCRAPER BLEW OUT FORCE SENT HIM IN LINKAGE THEN UP AND OVER THE 631D LANDED 27 FT FROM WHERE HE HAND BEEN WORKING MULT. TRAUMA
Record details
- Classification
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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