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Case study · MSHA Record #219910870002

Driller Operator fatality

March 19, 1991 at 1:30 PM
Homestake Mine Lead · Homestake Mining Company of California · Lawrence County, SD
Investigator narrative
EMPL WAS WORKING A DIAMOND DRILL OPERATORAT 4100 LEVEL 69 STOPE 17L & WAS LAST HEARD FROM WHEN HE ALLED TELE OPER AROUND 11:00AM EMPL WAS FOUND IN 46 BOREHOLE 4100-4400 APPROX 4:40 PM.
Record details
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall down raise, shaft or manway
Activity at time
Drill Face, Rib, Side, Down
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
Source of injury
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected
NECK
Total mining experience
14 years
Experience at this mine
14 years
Experience in this job
12 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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