Fatality · MSHA Record #219933330001
Blaster fatality at San Manuel Mine (Magma Copper Company), AZ, November 19, 1993
at 3:30 AM
On November 19, 1993, a blaster was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at San Manuel Mine (Magma Copper Company), AZ.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING A 20-TON ASEA CAR WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE ORE CAR & THE RIB THE ORE CAR WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH A RE-RAILER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Rerail Equipment, Sprag
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Caving
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- BODY PARTS, NEC
- Total mining experience
- 20 years
- Experience at this mine
- 20 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219933330001 · Mine ID 0200151
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